Fighting a spam fire with a DDoS

[James Sissel]

True, except the Lycos people are very careful and are using a database of 
well know spammers.  Visit their website to get more information.

http://www.makelovenotspam.com

>Couldn't this be used as a cheap way to DDoS someone?  E.g. if I were
>upset with the incompetent inventory control at my local hardware store,
>could I send out a pile of spam linking to www.mylocalhardwarestore.com
>and watch as their web site slows to a crawl?