Timothy Walton
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Timothy Walton is a California
n attorney
known for suing spammers. As a result of his work on the Ferguson case, a California Court of Appeal
upheld the constitutionality of California's spam law.
In 2003, some spammers retaliated against Walton by sending spam that appeared to come from his servers. Various network administrators have demonstrated that the incident was a "joe job
" attack rather than spam sent by Walton.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
n attorney
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
known for suing spammers. As a result of his work on the Ferguson case, a California Court of Appeal
California Court of Appeal
The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U.S. state of California. The state is geographically divided into six appellate districts...
upheld the constitutionality of California's spam law.
In 2003, some spammers retaliated against Walton by sending spam that appeared to come from his servers. Various network administrators have demonstrated that the incident was a "joe job
Joe job
A joe job is a spamming technique that sends out unsolicited e-mails using spoofed sender data. Early joe jobs aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the apparent sender or inducing the recipients to take action against him , but they are now typically used by commercial spammers to conceal the true...
" attack rather than spam sent by Walton.