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Linford was born in England. His parents moved to Rome where his father set up an industrial platinum factory. After dropping out of photography school, Steve purchased a a motor home, parked it on beaches and made his living by playing guitar in coffee shops. When artists such as Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson toured Italy, Linford served as their road manager.
In 1986, Linford drove his motor home to England where he set up a company with the purpose of putting musical tours online. After this company failed, Linford started a web page design and hosting business, called Ultradesign Internet.
After getting fed up with recieving spam, he became an anti-spam activist. He started the Nanae, (news.admin.net-abuse.email) newsgroup.
In 1998, he started Spamhaus. Currently his spam list is used by many Internet providers that serve 160 million e-mail users.