Gevalia Coffee has been known for years in the anti-spam community as the poster child for bad spamming practices. Gevalia’s efforts to deflect spam accusations to their affiliates and hired spam guns have made far more of a name for Gevalia among anti-spammers than their coffee could ever hope to.

Indeed, it was with Gevalia specifically in mind that Aunty Spam gleefully worked with Senator McCain’s office on the drafting of the section of CAN-SPAM which now makes those who profit from the sending of spam liable even if they didn’t themselves press “send” (see “SECTION 6, BUSINESSES KNOWINGLY PROMOTED BY ELECTRONIC MAIL WITH FALSE OR MISLEADING TRANSMISSION INFORMATION of CAN-SPAM”).

So, it is with great pleasure that Aunty tells you today that California ISP Hypertouch has sued Gevalia…

[Hypertouch Serves Gevalia Coffee a Steaming Cup of Fresh Brewed Spam Lawsuit, Continued]