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Home / Computers / Internet / Abuse / Spam / News / 1999
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- Anti-Spammers Opt for Opt-In - A freshly launched company called Whitehat.com sets out to lead companies into marketing by email in a nice, polite way.
www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/20977.html
- Antispam Group Criticizes EU Proposal - The EU declined to pass anti-spam legislation. instead supporting an 'opt-out' register. [The Industry Standard]
www.thestandard.net/articles/display/0,1449,6147,00.html
- Big Fine for Spamming AOL Members - AOL sues Christian Brothers for spamming. [New York Law Journal]
www.nylj.com/stories/99/12/121499a3.htm
- Congress Takes On Spam - The e-attention of Washington lawmakers is turning to the scourge of unsolicited email. Will this result in useful legislation, or just a lot of posturing? [ISP-Planet]
www.isp-planet.com/politics/congress-spam.html
- Direct mail double cross? - A 'Spam Summit' highlights the differences between the actions of the Direct Marketers' Association and the desires of the anti-spam community. [Salon Technology}
www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/12/spam/index.html
- eBetween spawning setup spam? - New technology nudges out Windows startup -- lets companies pitch services to new PC users.
www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2279767,00.html
- EU Says 'No To Spam, Yes To E-Commerce' - In an attempt to foster e-commerce, the European Union (EU) assembly proposed a set of rules this week that would, among other things, work toward diminishing unsolicited junk e-mail -- otherwise known as spam. [E-Commerce Times]
www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/990903-3.shtml
- FTC slams 'spam' - FTC study details the burden of junk e-mail. Report recommends spammers not be permitted to disguise their addresses. [CNN]
www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9807/14/junk.email.02
- Fuzzy 'censorship' gripes make real thing possible - An article about what free speech is.
www.s-t.com/daily/03-99/03-24-99/c04op245.htm
- ISPs and Spam Enforcement... - Where CAN you go next if your ISP refuses to do something about the growing amount of SPAM in your inbox? [Slashdot]
slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/09/11/2324234.shtml
- NSI threatens to sue Blackhole List operator - Network Solutions threatens to sue an antispam group if it adds them to a spam blacklist. [CNET]
www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,40025,00.html
- Online petition against Spam - Online petition by EU web users against spam. Site is German but text is English.
www.heise.de/ct/english/99/05/022
- Spam scam slams a chain of fools - Article about pyramid schemes. Includes contact information to find out more about fraud. [USA Today]
www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/cceli009.htm
- Spamming from the book is still junk - Describes "dictionary spamming" method by which spammers can guess email addresses of users on certain email providers. [USA Today]
www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/cceli005.htm
- Study: Spam delivers bad news for ISPs - Study shows more users than expected blame their ISPs for spam. [ZDNet]
www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2274634,00.html
- To Protest Unwanted E-Mail, Spam Cop Goes to the Source - A consultant introduces a tool to let users complain about spam to authorities. [NYT]
www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/06/circuits/articles/24spam.html
- U.S. House Committee Mulls Spam Crackdown - The U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee convened yesterday to examine ways to crack down on mass junk mailers and prevent such so-called "spam" from thwarting efforts to build consumer confidence in electronic commerce. [E-Commerce Times]
www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles/991104-2.shtml
- When candidates spam - A mass e-mailing by a New Jersey Republican stirs up an online hornet's nest. [Salon 21st]
www.salon.com/21st/feature/1999/02/19feature.html
- Who's Spamming Whom? - Several spammers talk about why they spam; a brief history of spamming. [The Industry Standard]
www.thestandard.net/articles/display/0,1449,5976,00.html
- With spam like this, who needs enemies? - Readers balk at vendors' e-mail. How NOT to promote your otherwise-respectable large PC company (InfoWorld)
www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/foster/990517ef.htm
- Yahoo curbs message board spam - Yahoo blocks access to sites advertised in spam sent to its users. [CNET]
www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,39809,00.html
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