Lycos Europe

[2][3] In November 2004, Lycos Europe introduced a Microsoft Windows and Mac OS screensaver program called Make Love Not Spam.

It was introduced as both marketing for the then-new Lycos email service Spray Mail, and as a way for users to fight spam in a collective manner.

[4] The program worked using users' computers to perform a DDOS attack on the web servers of known spammers.

The computers worked in the same way as a botnet except the users were aware of the software and were able to decide if they wished to be involved in the scheme.

Trademark and domains of the French Email-Service Caramail were taken over by United Internet AG, Montabaur.