Not if it is a question about the law or my services. If you are seeking legal advice, you will need to establish an attorney-client relationship with my firm, Walton & Roess LLP.

Maybe. It depends. If your legal problem concerns federal trademark law, or a fraudulent California company, then I may choose to take your case. However, spam clients must be California residents. If you need an attorney in your jurisdiction, take a look at http://www.computercounsel.com/.

This is meant to deter people from sending unsolicited commercial email to my addresses. If you want to communicate to me about the law, then the contract doesn't affect you much. If there are spammers willing to pay for my attention span, then I will give them their money's worth.

If it follows the instructions in the robots.txt file, then it won't find my addresses. If it ignores the robots.txt file, then I assert that it is acting as your legal agent and binds you to the contract.

Litigation is expensive. Your best bet is to take the other side through the ebay process and hope that the other side is a reputable merchant wanting your future business. If you bought a car, house or similar item then it may be worth the expense of litigation. If you wish to mediate the dispute, you can do that through Square Trade.

You have suffered what they call a "joe job." This is unfortunately very common. I myself have been a victim on more than one occasion. There are a lot of issues of law here, particularly if you have registered trademarks with the federal government. It is not always economically feasible to sue for civil damages, however. Hotmail lost tens of thousands of dollars paying people to clean up the mess the spammer caused. Going to trial can cost $50,000. And the defendants may not even have the money to satisfy the judgment. I don't mean to be negative, but I want to impress upon you the expense of bringing spam actions. If you are serious about litigation, I would love to represent you. But I think you need to know what you are getting yourself into. You might note that the practice is also criminal in California. See Cal.Pen.Code section 502. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/484-502.9.html If you can get somebody at the district attorneys' office interested, you might be able to get some action from local law enforcement.

I don't know. I can't do anything Sam Spade can't do, short of buying the pitched product. Most spammers try to hide their identities because they know that what they are doing is wrong. Nonetheless, they want your money and need to provide at least enough info to get it. Some people consider this "spam hunting" aspect to be the most fun part of the process. Learn whether the headers have been forged by