I'm on my own blacklist.

My e-mail address has been falsified or "spoofed" on so many spams and viruses over the years that when I get e-mail from myself I automatically set it to be deleted.

This is not uncommon. Anyone who has had their address for some time, especially if they're written articles against spam, faces the same problem.

But now there's hope.

The Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy (ISIPP) announced a set of legal services aimed at helping people protect their domains the sue spoofers.

For even a modest-sized corporation, the prices seem reasonable. You'll pay about $450 for the registration, software and contacts you need to find out who's misusing your name and proceed to court.

Unfortunately that's not a price that an unemployed computer journalist (me) can afford right now.

But if enough corporations do sue, maybe they can put some spammers out of business and I won't have to.