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Employee Accusations Against MAPS Highlight Legal Disputes

Calendar May 13, 2002 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Anti-spammers are in disarray as a former employee is accusing Mail Abuse Prevention System LLC of "slimy" legal tactics. Nick Nicholas, former executive director at MAPS, posted comments online last week contending that MAPS executives had filed lawsuit affidavits that "are full of factual errors and material misrepresentations.". . . Anti-spammers are in disarray as a former employee is accusing Mail Abuse Prevention System LLC of "slimy" legal tactics. Nick Nicholas, former executive director at MAPS, posted comments online last week contending that MAPS executives had filed lawsuit affidavits that "are full of factual errors and material misrepresentations."

Some also have been questioning the credibility of MAPS co-founder Paul Vixie, who is said to have given up control of the organization's daily operations almost a year ago. Co-founder Dave Rand reportedly has taken over.

The controversy stems from a lawsuit MAPS, Redwood City, CA, filed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in mid-April claiming that former employee Gordon Fecyk made off with company property -- a dialup user list [DUL] created while he worked there.

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