Before setting up and running the prominent Rooznegar blog, Mr Motallebi was a staff reporter on a reformist newspaper called Hayat-e-No which was shutdown by the Iranian authorities in January.
The tough policy means that online shops and e-commerce websites will be shutdown if the visitors they get have arrived because of a junk mail message.
Co-CEO JimBalsilleJim Balsille: This afternoon a U.S. judge concluded hearings on whether to shutdown the company's hugely popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail service but didn't issue a ruling.
An internal Obama administration e-mail recently leaked to the press appeared to reveal that officials would shutdown a controversial component of the health reform law the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports, or CLASS Act.
As a result of Melissa, one unidentified company shutdown its mail server but is having a hard time getting back online with all of the e-mail, Hernan said.