The History of Spam in New Zealand


????-??-??Alan Brown's ORBS RBL started. ORBS was a RBL which actively tested Open Mail Relays and listed them. See Here. All good except ORBS would also list people that had disputes with the Owner of ORBS.
????-??-??Mailwasher was designed by a New Zealander. It worked, but has a bounce feature which was against a lot of NZ's ISP's T&C See Here
2000-06-19AboveNET Null Routes ORBS Networks - See Here
2000-07-01Julian Angelo/Vertuacom Spam - See Here
2001-05-21Xtra and Actrix take ORBS to Court due to being listed - See Here
2001-06-05Alan Brown's ORBS RBL Ended - See Here"
2001-10-29StrongNET Spams Asiaonline Customers - See Here
2002-06-01INL Australia Spam Domain Name Holders - See Here
2002-09-10TNZ Group Ltd Spam - See Here
2003-08-19Shane Atkinson - New Zealand Spammer, says he will stop spamming after being found out - See Here
2005-02-24ACT says that NZ Antispam laws will be a waste of time - See Here
2005-07-28New Zealand AntiSpam Bill Introduced - Here
2006-03-18Brendan Battles gets Dismissed from Compass for Spamming - See HERE