New Technology Aims to Bore Impatient Spammers
Spammers are impatient, so a Canadian company has developed new technology to capitalize on that impatience to cut the volume of unwanted e-mail messages flooding the Internet.

Cloudmark and Mailchannels Partner to deliver Traffic Control With Cloudmark Authority
New Solution Combines Advanced Message Fingerprinting with Connection Management; Delivers Multi-Layered Protection against Messaging Abuse for Mid-Sized Service Providers

Network World: Tarpits deter impatient spammers
"The theory is the spammers are impatient, so if you slow them down a bit, they'll go away," said Ken Simpson, CEO of MailChannels. "Most spammers will give up within 10 seconds of establishing a connection."

The Register: Spam: it sucks like a tarpit
Spam sucks. That is the conclusion reached by a roomful of scientists at MIT on Friday after hearing a bunch of new research papers pitched at dealing with the problem. Before adjourning to the pub, the group voted on the best paper. The award went to Ken Simpson, founder and CEO of Vancouver-based MailChannels.