saw it on slashdot
basically ironport just aquired spamcop - but this is what the blurp said
"We all know about <A HREF="//yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/11/20/0248243.shtml?tid=111">IronPort's recent acquisition of SpamCop</A>. What may not be common knowledge is that <A HREF="http://news.com.com/2102-1032_3-5111556.html?tag=st_util_print">IronPort's Senderbase has 'the reputation as the fastest way to send millions of junk e-mail messages' and is popular with spam</A> factories. Founded by two former Microsoft executives - Hotmail's Scott Weiss and ListBot founder Scott Banister - IronPort claims its customers are not spammers but legitimate marketers. Critics say that this is a clear conflict of interest. Playing spam from both sides might be likened to a pharmaceutical company enabling the spread of a disease in order to sell the cure. SpamCop founder Julian Haight - who had to sell the company in order to remain solvent - is quoted as saying of IronPort's anti-spam measures: "I am not sure all its standards are tough enough." The story was originally reported by the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/technology/24iron.html?ex=1070341200&en=0c658e9d1f311df9& amp;ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE">New York Times' Saul Hansell</A>. Abbreviated <A HREF="http://www.iht.com/articles/119003.html">mirror at IHT</A>."</i>