這對於 spammer 來說是一個重大的打擊，在 Spam King goes bankrupt 提到：

I doubt we’ve seen the last of Scott Richter. But you’ve got to marvel at Microsoft’s handling of this case. Not only did the company apparently get a big judgment where Eliot Spitzer couldn’t, it also orchestrated the release of news about the bankruptcy so it would hit Richter right in his hometown newspapers.

Microsoft 出手的確不一樣。不過很無奈，一般的小老百姓沒辦法像 Microsoft 一樣有這麼多資源。