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| 7/14/2002 |
The real truth about spam, from Dave Barry |
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| 7/8/2002 |
Spam hits the fan - a collection of articles
about the Australian Spam Lawsuit |
| 7/1/2002 |
Anti-Spam Laws: All Bark, No Bite - Most of the spam in your
computer in-box probably violates (states) law, which highlights the
problem governments face trying to control commercial e-mail. |
| 7/1/2002 |
For The Anti-Spammers, It's All-Out E-War - "It's become really apparent
that 90 percent of all the spam sent in North America is all being
sent by only about 100 to 150 spammers," said Steve Linford, who founded
Spamhaus and heads it. |
| 6/30/2002 |
Spam King Living High In The Bayou - Interview with a spammer |
| 6/27/2002 |
May Recorded Largest Monthly Jump Ever in Unwanted Email
Activity |
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| 6/19/2002 |
Start-up wants your help to fight spam -
Ordinary Web surfers could play a major role in stemming the rising
tide of junk e-mail crippling the Net, if a new anti-spam company
hits its mark. |
| 6/11/2002 |
Protester's legal fund wins unlikely support
- Technically Speaking, a direct marketing company based in Perth,
on Sunday pledged to donate money to help Mr McNicol fight the court
case |
| 6/10/2002 |
New hope for spam relief, A Legal View -
The decision involved a challenge by public libraries, library users
and Web content providers |
| 6/7/2002 |
Spam & Identidy Theft - I didn't send
that spam, but my e-mail address did. How could such a thing happen?
Anyone can send out an e-mail using anyone else's e-mail as a return
address. |
| 6/6/2002 |
Make It Easy for Customers to Opt Out - If
you want better performing lists, make it just as easy for users to
opt out as it is to opt in. |
| 6/6/2002 |
'Spammer' had no IP rights - The Swan Christian
Education Centre said marketing firm t3 Direct was using its internet
protocol (IP) address without permission. |
| 6/5/2002 |
Anti-spammer fights lawsuit - The international
anti-spam community is aiming to raise $US100,000 ($173,640) to cover
Mr McNicol's legal expenses, with any extra money to be used for other
anti-spam purposes. Mr Malcolm said there had been $10,000 in pledges
and donations so far. |
| 6/4/2002 |
Best Buy changes privacy policy - "This illustrates
the fact that privacy policies don't mean anything," said Chris Hoofnagle,
legislative counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
" The changes are only the latest in a disturbing trend of companies
revamping their privacy policies to the detriment of consumers |
| 6/3/2002 |
BIG australian spam Fight !! The Article , more , The site , Where to donate money
for legal defense. "There is a lot at stake here, this is not just
a local Perth issue. It goes to fundamental online rights worldwide"
"the right to complain and the right to exert your private property
rights over your own mailbox by blocking junk or any other mail you
don't want." |
| 5/28/2002 |
PaeTec is anti-spam champion - ... became
something of a hero to folks who disdain spam |
| 5/28/2002 |
STATE LAWSUIT SEEKS TO END SPAM EMAILS SENT
BY NIAGARA FALLS COMPANY - New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
today filed a lawsuit against a Niagara Falls-based "spammer" that
sent hundreds of millions of emails to consumers whom it falsely claimed
had requested the emails. See more here |
| 5/27/2002 |
Spam Stoppers - an excellent and thorough
article from PC Magazine, includes comparisons. |
| 5/23/2002 |
You can't hide behind your home page - The
FTC said Wednesday that it endorses the elimination of blank or incomplete
registration forms and false information, and requiring registrars
to suspend domain registration for failure to correct inaccurate contact
information. |
| 5/22/2002 |
FTC to Widen Anti-Spam Efforts - The agency
is looking into cracking down on enforcement on three new groups:
senders of e-mail with a misleading subject line, distributors of
mail that lacks a valid unsubscribe option, and sellers of "millions"
of e-mail addresses on CD. |
| 5/21/2002 |
A bill aimed at curbing the menace of unsolicited
email, or spam, has been passed by the US Senate
Commerce Committee. |
| 5/21/2002 |
Korea, Spreading Spam Worldwide - Foreigners
Make Angry Protests Against Korean Spam |
| 5/21/2002 |
Anti-Spammers at Odds Over MAPS Legal Issues
- Click here for the lawsuit overview, and here for a Full Transcript of Vixie's Comments.
Vixie: "My only certainty is sadness: There's work to be done, and
this doesn't look like progress." |
| May 2002 |
YIL.com column: Don't Let Spam Choke the Next Net - includes
info on filters and FTC |
| 5/17/2002 |
Hotmail joins Yahoo in automatic opt in for
spam - Emboldened by user 'apathy' to Yahoo!'s privacy
changes in April, Microsoft has followed suit. More user apathy |
| 5/17/2002 |
War on Spam, and comparison of spam filters - includes Brightmail
and SpamCop |
| 5/16/2002 |
Why I Love Spam - and responses #1, #2, #3, #4
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| 5/16/2002 |
More Trouble For MAPS: Staff Lawyers Resign |
| 5/7/2002 |
McAfee.com buys SpamKiller - McAfee said
'SpamKiller', which was acquired from Norway-based Novasoft, would
be released as a managed service that helps PC users block spam from
e-mail inboxes and track the source ISP of the mailer. |
| 5/6/2002 |
Users Fight Back Against Spam Epidemic -
Unsolicited, unwanted messages represent the biggest threat to E-mail's
value as a communication tool. |
| 5/1/2002 |
Anti-spam bill is bound for the Senate floor
- The measure enjoys enough support to win the Senate Commerce Committee's
stamp of approval when is is brought up for a committee vote this
month, tentatively scheduled for May 16 |
| 4/26/2002 |
FTC Supports
Legislation to Limit Junk E-Mail Proliferation of Deceptive E-Mail
- Poses Threat to Consumer Confidence Agency
Says |
| 4/18/2002 |
War on e-mail spam ratchets up in courts, legislatures
- In-box junk mail: Is it free speech, or a threat to viability
of the Internet? |
| 4/16/2002 |
One solution: Don't use e-mail. Get Groove.
Check out the comments at the end of this article. |
| 4/10/2002 |
Using the net to catch junk mail - A Napster-like
network might be able to stem the tide of spam mail messages flooding
the internet. |
| 4/5/2002 |
More on the ongoing debate over whether
responding to
the unsubscribe link works. |
| 4/3/2002 |
FTC, Canada and some states join fight against
Internet, e-mail fraud |
| 4/2/2001 |
Research by SPEWS saves an Australian ISP's
reputation |
| 4/1/2002 |
L.A.Times - Twenty states, including California,
have laws governing the distribution of commercial e-mail to individuals
and companies.. But the laws almost never are enforced. |
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3/30/2002 |
Yahoo resets personal settings to allow spam,
phone calls, and junk mail. Also see Yahoo News and the MSNBC article |
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3/28/2002 |
Reply to Cato panel, Direct Marketing Association,
and spam - What Can Be Done about the Annoying, Unsolicited E-mail
That Is Driving Us Crazy? |
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3/26/2002 |
There is now 16 times as much spam on the Internet as there
was just two years ago |
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3/26/2002 |
The father of modern spam speaks - Laurence
Canter interviewed about the 8th anniversary of the start of spam. |
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3/23/2002 |
Spam News Listings from Google 1996 - 2002 |
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3/16/2002 |
Click here for newly updated news stories about Spam and Junk e-mail from Yahoo News |
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3/14/2002 |
To combat the growing menace of junk e-mail,
the FTC has announced that it will finally go after spam artists who
clog surfers in boxes. We'll see. According to estimates by Jupiter
Media Metrix, by the year 2006, at current trend rates, surfers will
have to contend with as many as 1,400 junk e-mail messages per person
anually. |
| 2/13/2002 |
FTC Joins The Fight Against Spam |
| 1/25/2002 |
Direct Marketing Association To Adopt New Rules On 'Spam,' Privacy Policies -
DMA member companies that purchase e-mail lists will be required to
check the addresses on the list against those contained in the DMA's
e-mail preferences service – http://www.e-mps.org/
- a site that catalogs consumers who have opted out of receiving
communications from any DMA member companies. Also see: Marketing Group and Big Picture |
| 1/4/2002 |
Court upholds anti-spam law Unsolicited e-mail not
protected, judges say -
In a victory to thrill anyone annoyed by the "spam" that clogs e-mail
accounts, an appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of California's
tough 1998 law regulating unwanted commercial messages. |
