Fighting a spam fire with a DDoS

[Brian Densmore]

FYI, Lycos people now say this is a hoax.
They say they have not done this.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 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?
>