Spammers use the Lord's name to part firewalls
Email recipients are being offered religious salvation through the power of spam, according to security company MessageLabs.
The anti-spam company has intercepted a large number of spiritual emails in the last month, which it says are legal because they don't plug products, just religious ideals. Matt Sergeant, anti-spam technologist for MessageLabs, said: "It's on the rise for a number of reasons. It is exempt from spam laws and it's legal according to most national laws including CAN-SPAM. It's not commercial and that's interesting in a way, because there is a cost, yet no financial return. But they may believe there is a spiritual return."
