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- ABC News: Taming 'Occupational Spam' - It's the bane of any modern office worker. After a week of restful vacation away from the job, they come back to a computer littered with literally hundreds of e-mail messages
abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/CuttingEdge/cuttingedge020802.html
- ABCNEWS.com: New Ways to Can Spam E-mail - New spam filter uses peer-to-peer networking tricks.
abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/spamfilters020619.html
- ABCNEWS.com: Taking Spammers to Court - Bennett Haselton just received another email from someone he doesn't know, containing information he didn't request, about a service he doesn't want to hear about.
abcnews.go.com/sections/business/TechTV/techtv_spam_court.html
- Australian IT: Telstra SPEWs over spam list - Telstra has hit back at anti-spam groups for abusing their power to block IP ranges.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4309672%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
- Australian IT: Alleged spammer taken offline - The direct marketing firm suing a Perth man for speaking out against spam has lost its internet access.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4490153%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
- Australian IT: Anti-spammer fights lawsuit - The Perth man at the centre of a legal dispute over anti-spam block-lists has claimed his innocence and asked for the case against him to be thrown out of court.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4455045%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
- Australian IT: Anti-spammers rally to fight lawsuit - The anti-spam community has set up a fund to raise money for a legal battle with a Perth-based direct marketing company.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4423608%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
- Australian IT: Anti-spammers rally to fight lawsuit - The anti-spam community has set up a fund to raise money for a legal battle with a Perth-based direct marketing company.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4423608%5E15330%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15319,00.html
- Australian IT: Lawsuit hits anti-spam activist - Perth-based direct marketing firm T3 Direct is suing a man for allegedly getting the company on a black-list run by the SPEWS.org website.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4416988%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
- Australian IT: Plot thickens in anti-spam case - A Christian organisation has accused the company behind an anti-spam lawsuit of using its IP addresses without permission.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4467442%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
- Australian IT: Telstra in Brumbies scrum - The Brumbies rugby union team has scored a try against Telstra after the telco sold them IP addresses discarded by a spammer and blocked by network administrators worldwide.
australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4279653%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
- BBC News - Getting Tough On Spam - Unsolicited e-mail is becoming a problem for users and internet service providers.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1979000/1979761.stm
- BBC News: Getting tough on spam - Unsolicited e-mail is becoming a problem for users and internet service providers.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1979761.stm
- BBC News: New York takes on 'spam' e-mail - Fresh from his victory over Merrill Lynch, state attorney general Elliot Spitzer sues MonsterHut.com for sending millions of 'spam' e-mail adverts.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2014000/2014617.stm
- BBC News: New York takes on 'spam' e-mail - Fresh from his victory over Merrill Lynch, state attorney general Elliot Spitzer sues a firm for sending millions of 'spam' e-mail adverts.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2014617.stm
- BBC News: Nigeria grapples with e-mail scams - The Nigerian authorities declare war on the growing of number of fraudsters who use cyber cafes to send out phoney e-mails.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1944000/1944801.stm
- BBC News: 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.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1919000/1919576.stm
- Boston Globe: Antispam Company Uses Poetic License - A California attorney this week launched a new business that she hopes will deliver poetic justice to people who send junk e-mail messages.
www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/238/business/Antispam_company_uses_poetic_license+.shtml
- Chicago Tribune: Resume vaults local techie into spam battlefield - Think twice before sending a tartly worded e-mail or prepare for a battle of near-biblical proportions like the one being waged on Chicago computer consultant Bernard Shifman. [Requires free chicagotribune.com registration to view.]
www.chicagotribune.com/business/printedition/chi-0201210012jan21.story?null
- Christian Science Monitor: War on e-mail spam ratchets up in courts, legislatures | csmonitor.com - A lawsuit against spam on the Internet is part of a larger effort to control the proliferation of unsolicited e-mail.
www.csmonitor.com/2002/0418/p01s01-ussc.html
- CNET.com: Anti-spam Group Bocks Yahoo Stores - An anti-spam group has put Yahoo's storefronts on its list of suspected junk e-mailers, snarling attempts by some customers to access the storefronts.
news.com.com/2100-1017-956191.html
- CNET.com: Anti-spam service battles bugs - A new anti-spam service launched with much fanfare this week is facing some technical hurdles out of the gate and frustration from the community it relies on to fight junk mail.
news.com.com/2100-1023-938103.html
- CNET.com: Congress, critics wrinkle noses at spam bills - Spam may be an unwanted staple in your in-box, but don't expect lawmakers to serve up new regulations anytime soon.
news.com.com/2100-1023-257941.html
- CNET.com: Consumer groups fight spam epidemic - A coalition of consumer groups plans to ask the federal government to rescue people from the deluge of unwanted commercial mail that clogs their inboxes and sucks up their time.
news.com.com/2100-1023-956393.html
- CNET.com: EU body pushes spam guidelines - The European Parliament has signed off on sweeping guidelines for Internet regulation, including prohibiting spam and the use of cookies without the explicit permission from Web surfers.
news.com.com/2100-1023-930019.html
- CNET.com: Free speech or campaign spam? - California gubernatorial candidate Bill Jones is back online after his Web-hosting service shut down his campaign Internet site in protest over a mass e-mail that some outraged recipients compared to spam.
news.com.com/2100-1023-851126.html
- CNET.com: Groups seek federal action on spam - Spam has become such a menace to the Internet that the Federal Trade Commission should take swift steps to stanch the flow of bulk e-mail, three consumer groups said Wednesday.
news.com.com/2100-1023-956502.html
- CNET.com: If it's spam, the message is "delete" - When Emily Sachar got back from vacation recently, she had an e-mail inbox full of hundreds of messages. Unfortunately, most of them were spam.
news.com.com/2100-1017-955806.html
- CNET.com: Is your e-mail watching you? - Watch out--the spam choking your e-mail in-box may be loaded with software that lets marketers track your moves online, and you may not even be aware that you've been bugged.
news.com.com/2100-1023-875992.html
- CNET.com: Marketing group scrapes off spam label - The Direct Marketing Association has created mandatory ground rules for members sending sales pitches via e-mail, a move designed to help avoid a government crackdown on commercial messages.
news.com.com/2100-1023-822053.html
- CNET.com: Spam filter a career killer? - A meeting reminder from the boss, a lascivious letter from a lover, or the daily tally from a fantasy football league: Which e-mail would you read first?
news.com.com/2100-1023-946952.html
- CNET.com: Spam suit rings on Sprint - Sprint Communications is facing a lawsuit in Utah alleging that it sent unsolicited commercial messages, or spam, in violation of a recently enacted state statute.
news.com.com/2100-1023-947736.html
- CNET.com: 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.
news.com.com/2100-1023-937300.html
- CNET.com: Surviving in spam's shadow - For Janine Popick, spam is a four-letter word.
news.com.com/2008-1082-937778.html
- CNET.com: Yahoo users fume over "spam" switch - Some Yahoo members on Friday reacted angrily to changes in the Web portal's e-mail marketing practices, comparing the company's revised policy to an open invitation to spam.
news.com.com/2100-1023-871730.html
- CNET.com: You've got spam, and more spam - Corporate networks are becoming increasingly clogged by e-mail pitches for pornography, money-making schemes and health products, and there's little relief on the horizon.
news.com.com/2100-1001-955842.html
- CNN: Spam: Has it become a stalemate? - Internet 'becomes more of a chore than an experience'.
www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/08/04/spammed.overview.ap/index.html
- Computerworld New Zealand: I'm no spammer, says e-mail marketer - Her clients might have sent out 6 million e-mails in the past year, but Lesley Pope denies she is a spammer.
www.idg.net/ic_945416_1794_9-10000.html
- Computerworld: Search goes on for ways to stop spam - At a Global Internet Project conference today, IT and government officials looked at ways to counter the spreading nuisance of unwanted e-mail.
www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/groupware/story/0,10801,72088,00.html
- ctnow.com: Spam King Living High In The Bayou - Lunchtime finds the 29-year-old Scelson sitting cross-legged on the floor of his storefront TV repair shop while he munches on a takeout meal of boiled crawfish and spiced shrimp.
www.ctnow.com/technology/hc-sp1scelsonjun30.story
- donga.com: 4 Million Won Penalty to 5 Companies Distributed `Spam mails` Indiscrimately. - 5 companies including adult broadcasting companies and shopping malls that have sent `Spam mails` ignoring the rejection of the receivers were imposed to correctional fines.
english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=030000&biid=2002043035928
- donga.com: Compulsory Notice of `Adult Advertisement` for Sexual Spam Mails - The advertising mails containing bad things for juveniles like sexual and violent contents should attach the notice of `Ads for Adults` to the title from July.
english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2002050862048
- donga.com: Spam Mail with False Title to be Punished - The person who sends e-mails without an indication of advertisement or containing false exaggerated ads will be punished of suspension of business license or criminal punishment from May.
english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=030000&biid=2002042443958
- E-Commerce News: FTC Shuts Down 9-11 Spam Scam - The U.S. District Court ordered the immediate shutdown of a Web site owned by a European spam outfit for bilking more than $1 million from customers, Federal Trade Commission officials announced Monday.
www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_988971,00.html
- Houston Chronicle: Europe outlaws spam, but it keeps coming - Like most people, Massimo Cavazzini was sick of spam. Unlike most, though, the Italian entrepreneur had the law on his side.
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/1519651
- Houston Chronicle: Legislating against spam proves a rocky road - The European Union has a law banning unsolicited junk e-mail. Japan has one restricting pitches sent to wireless devices. And the United States?
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/1516755
- Houston Chronicle: Spammed! Part II: Despite vigilantes, spammers keep e-mail flowing - More than pop-up ads or in-your-face Web graphics, a withering assault of junk e-mail is souring the Internet experience. This is the second story of a three-part series that examines the surge in spam, the people behind it and the struggle to thwart them.
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/1516754
- HoustonChronicle.com - Spam, spam, spam: Hard to escape the onslaught - Three-part article about the problem, the spammers, and some solutions.
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/1516756
- IDGNet New Zealand: ING reaches out from beyond the grave - Internet Name Group, the Melbourne-based domain name registrar that was placed in "voluntary administration", has reached out from beyond the grave to hassle more New Zealand name holders.
www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/B60E0A977250253ECC256C300013A9E9!opendocument
- Internetnews: FTC Plans Crackdown on 9-11 Spam - Spam is one of the Internet's dirty little secrets, and it's bad enough when your mom gets targeted with porn stuff and get-rich quick schemes. But the people who prey on the public selling worthless products related to the events of Sept. 11 are among the lowest of the low.
www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_987501,00.html
- Internetnews: FTC to Pursue Deceptive E-mail Advertisers - The Federal Trade Commission is planning to announce a series of actions against suspected spammers in coming weeks.
www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_967151,00.html
- Internetnews: It's All Perfectly Illegal - The seven werpetrators agreed to settle charges that they were spamming consumers with deceptive chain letters. Financial terms of the settlements were not disclosed.
www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_973481,00.html
- Korea Herald: Gov't to block outbound spam mail - The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) said yesterday it will draw up a comprehensive plan to block unsolicited commercial e-mail, or spam, of Korean origin, from reaching foreign Internet users.
www.koreaherald.com/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/04/25/200204250059.asp
- KoreaTimes : Spammers Face Jail Terms of 3 Years - New legislation is proposed to help protect and bolster the image of e-Korea.
www.korealink.co.kr/kt_tech/200205/t2002050918130845110.htm
- KoreaTimes: Spammers Face Jail Terms of 3 Years - The Ministry of Information and Communication unveiled get-tough measures to crackdown on outbound unsolicited advertising e-mail, which has angered Internet users worldwide.
www.koreatimes.co.kr/kt_tech/200205/t2002050918130845110.htm
- Mercury News: E-mail Users Plagued by a Rising Tide of Junk as Senders Grow Bolder - Susan Guberman-Garcia dreads retrieving her e-mail. Every day, she wades through unsolicited messages pitching online gambling, get-rich schemes and sex sites.
www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/3109926.htm
- Mercury News: Good laws would limit junk, yet protect free speech - Spam, the junk e-mails pitching herbal Viagra, mortgage re-financing, pornography and countless other products and services, is flooding the mailboxes of millions of Internet users. Studies suggest the volume of spam has grown fivefold in the last year alone. Spam is more than an annoyance; it costs millions to users, businesses and Internet service providers. Unless stopped, the utility of e-mail itself could be threatened.
www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/3110053.htm
- Mercury News: The ethics of spam: `There's lots of money in it' - A profilic spammer tells why he does it.
www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/3107708.htm
- Mercury News: The ethics of spam: `There's lots of money in it' - Ronnie Scelson is not your ordinary spammer. He returns reporters' calls, for one thing. For another, the Louisiana native admits many people probably hate him for what he does -- even if, as he insists, he tries to follow what few laws apply.
www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3107708.htm
- Mercury News: Weak anti-spam laws make fighting back hard - Everyone says they're getting more spam. But weak anti-spam laws and determined e-mailers make it hard to fight back on legal grounds.
www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/3109050.htm
- MSNBC.com: Get rich quick? Not so fast - My, 1,189 unread messages in my Inbox. Its time to answer our e- mail. (2002.09.04)
www.msnbc.com/news/802931.asp?cp1=1
- MSNBC: Spam crackdown urged - Three consumer groups petitioned the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday to enact tougher rules regarding the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail, popularly known as spam. If the rule is enacted, the FTC could move swiftly to blunt the unrelenting assault that spam e-mails impose on the time and pocketbooks of consumers, the groups said.
www.msnbc.com/news/803389.asp?cp1=1
- MSNBC: Yahoo! sneaks in yet more spam - When Yahoo's instituted a privacy policy change this week, the firm reset all users' prefences so they would receive marketing pitches from the firm.
www.msnbc.com/news/731517.asp?cp1=1
- New Architect:: Blind Vigilantes - Blackhole lists offer dark prospects.
www.newarchitectmag.com/print/documentID=27051
- Newsbytes: Anti-Spam Advocate Wins Big In Small-Claims Court - A small-claims court in Washington state has ordered three direct marketers to pay $1,000 apiece for violating the state?s laws against unsolicited junk e-mail, or "spam."
www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175476.html
- Newsbytes: AOL Says Spam Case Victory Sets 'Landmark' Precedent - Officials at America Online believe the Internet giant's legal victory over a large "spam" distributor lays the groundwork for other Internet providers to more effectively combat unsolicited e-mail on their own networks, an AOL spokesman said Wednesday.
www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175669.html
- Newsbytes: California Law Firm Tests State Spam Law Limits - California's largest law firm is suing e-mail marketer Etracks.com in a case experts say could test the limits of the state's laws designed to curb junk e-mail.
www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175250.html
- Newsbytes: Chain-Letter Busts Kick Off FTC Crackdown On Spam - The Federal Trade Commission today launched an unprecedented crackdown against deceptive junk e-mail - or "spam.? The nascent campaign seeks to marry individual enforcement actions against spammers with a consumer outreach and education program involving several regional Internet service provider (ISP) associations.
www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174434.html
- Newsbytes: DMA To Adopt New Rules On 'Spam,' Privacy Policies - The Direct Marketing Association next week is expected to announce sweeping changes to its policy on unsolicited bulk e-mail ? or "spam," which would require the expulsion of member companies that do not adhere to the group?s new standards.
www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173968.html
- NewsFactor: Spam Versus Technology: The Battle Rages On - One difficulty in stopping spammers is that some of their ploys work. If no one believed the story of the deposed, rich prince and others like it, much spam would cease.
www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19319.html
- PCWorld.com: Spammers Claim Rights, Too - Opt-In Marketing Services challenges antispam efforts, organizations in court.
www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,101610,00.asp
- PCWorld.com: Verio Tries to Get Monkeys.com Off Its Back - Web-hosting company won its battle against an antispam activist, but the war is far from over.
www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,103197,00.asp
- San Francisco Chronicle: 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.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/04/MN228257.DTL
- San Francisco Chronicle: Spam going mobile - Fight is on to keep unwanted text ads off cell phones.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/15/MN219403.DTL
- San Francisco Chronicle: Spam stampede clogs Internet - Amid all the unwanted e-mail pitches for Viagra, porn and Nigerian get- rich schemes comes this message from computer experts: You ain't seen nothing yet.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/09/08/MN137044.DTL
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Deceptive chain e-mails targeted - FTC goes after spam purveyors who peddle dubious schemes.
seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/58025_chainemail13.shtml
- seattlep-i.com: 'Spam' bill would require senders to include personal info - Unsolicited e-mail, also known as "spam," would become a thing of the past under a bill introduced by Sen. Bill Finkbeiner, R-Kirkland.
seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/55371_spam22.shtml
- SF Gate: Spam attacks growing - According to the latest monthly data from Brightmail the rate of unique spam attacks measured by the company's network of decoy addresses has increased more than five-fold during the past year -- from less than a million in June 2001 to more than 4.8 million last month.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/15/BU224200.DTL
- Slashdot: Australian Spammer Sues Back - We've all heard the one about the spammers begin sued. Now, an Ausie spammer is suing back, for being blacklisted. Claiming damages and equipment replacement costs and so on. The whole article is over at Yahoo. So, I guess now, not only are we subjected to the spam, but we can't block it either?
slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/30/2011249
- smh.com.au: Sun goes down on man of words - Green describes these electronic messages as "a little ray of sunshine". It irritates him that some of the recipients can't see the light. They regard Green's sunshine as spam, get mad as hell, and send him responses that are "threatening, abusive, filthy-minded, arrogant, quite offensive, and when you consider what I've sent out is philosophical, enlightening and positive, I guess they are not ready for it".
www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/26/1027497416227.html
- Telepolis: European Parliament to come to crucial vote on spam - "Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs" asks European Parliament to force the floodgates wide open for spam.
www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/12603/1.html
- The Age: Spam, the plague giving the Net indigestion - If you already get too much junk e-mail, you'll get twice as much by New Year - and at the moment there is little anyone can do to stop it. No wonder consumers rate it their worst computer problem.
www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/01/1028157817675.html
- The Age: The dangers of spam SMS - You can get paid to receive ads on your mobile, but it might burst the spam dam, writes Nicole Manktelow.
www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/05/1017206260399.html
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Welcome home! You've got mail! - It's nice to be missed when you're on vacation. When you come back, the dog licks your hand. The neighbor stops by to catch up. But judging by the mountain of e-mail that has piled up, nobody missed you as much as spammers.
www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/business/0802/04ptvacation.html
- The Industry Standard: AOL says lawsuit closes a spammer's loophole - The settlement that America Online extracted from a pair of Florida men last week may have closed a loophole used by spammers to flood e-mail in-boxes with junk mail.
www.thestandard.com.au/idg2.nsf/All/0BE8CE6A5BA20D30CA256B94007CE86D!OpenDocument&NavArea=Home&SelectedCategoryName=News
- The Sacramento Bee: 'Spam' scam crackdown - A chain-letter scheme is halted but few see a drop in the onslaught of electronic junk mail.
www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/1627777p-1703924c.html
- The Seattle Times: Microsoft to unveil Internet service that will fight spam, for a price - Microsoft may have figured out a better way to filter out the junk e-mail clogging the world's computers, but it will cost at least $10 a month to use the technology.
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134494912_msn17.html
- USA Today: E-mail avalanche even buries CEOs Take some tips from harried chief executives who are drowning in it - In the three seconds it takes to read this sentence, more than a half-million e-mails will land in in-boxes. By 2005, nearly that many will land each second. The e-mail avalanche knows no rank.
www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020104/3747250s.htm
- VirtualSprockets : Statement on the Recent Bill Jones Campaign Spamming - A statement concerning one of their clients, the Bill Jones for Governor campaign, and their disregard for normal rules of conduct on the Internet by spamming through a Korean open relay server.
www.virtualsprockets.com/Clients/Clients.cfm?ID=82&c=1
- Washington Post: 'Résumé Spamming' Brings an Online Backlash - Already frustrated by unwanted sales pitches and suggestive come-ons, e-mail users now face another onslaught, this time from desperate job seekers.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A34840-2002Jan24
- Washington Post: E-Mail Opens New Door For Familiar Scam Tactic - The get-rich-quick con, dubbed the "Nigerian Letter Scam" by authorities, was operated out of Toronto and Nigeria from 1994 to 2000 and swindled more than 300 people, including about 20 in the Washington area, out of approximately $20 million, according to law enforcement officials.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A64335-2002Apr28
- Washington Post: Making Spam Go Splat - Sick of Unsolicited E-Mail, Businesses Are Fighting Back.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15849-2002Jun8.html
- Washington Post: Spam and Ughs - The volume and audacity of spam emails continues to rise.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24736-2002Sep1.html
- Wired: Amy Grant Spams a Sour Note - Jesus preached the gospel of turning the other cheek, but what would he have said about spam?
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52435,00.html
- Wired: Candidate: Spam in Every Pot - A supposedly Internet-savvy Republican candidate for governor of California, one of the few states with an anti-spam law, isn't campaigning against unsolicited e-mail -- he's sending it. Bill Jones' campaign sent out thousands of unsolicited e-mails this week, urging California voters to vote for Jones next Tuesday. According to posts in newsgroups and discussion lists, Jones has spammed twice before, once in December and once in January.
www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50761,00.html
- Wired: China Sweet, Sour on Spam - Delegates at the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress roundly criticized Western systems administrators that are blocking all e-mail from China as a means to stop spam, but they also called for new laws to make sending spam illegal in China.
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50856,00.html
- Wired: Liverpool: I Wanna Hold Your Spam - A woman in a major British media company recently contacted the company's entire, 30,000-strong staff with an urgent query: "Has anyone got any blu-tack?"
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,53868,00.html
- Wired: Not All Asian E-Mail Is Spam - A new great wall is being built, this time across the Internet. Constructed by frustrated systems administrators and intended only to stop spam, the wall could eventually cut off much of the e-mail communications between the East and the West.
www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50455,00.html
- Wired: Spam Showdown at Battle Creek - The small city of Battle Creek, Michigan, wants to lock up an anti-spam activist who it believes crashed its mail server. Never mind that the town government was using a buggy version of the Lotus Domino e-mail server, and that newer releases have fixed the problem. And never mind that anti-spammers may have been conducting a routine scan for possible sources of bulk e-mail.
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51218,00.html
- Wired: Sprint Calls Audible in Spam Suit - A lawsuit charging Sprint with sending illegal, unsolicited e-mail appears to be turning into a test case for how much evidence a company can recover when defending against allegations of wrongful spamming.
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54250,00.html
- Wired: The Law Is Going After Spam - Spam and Internet fraud -- the twin plagues of the information age -- are getting stepped-up attention from federal and state agencies that say more joint effort from law enforcement groups is needed to curb the scourge that is online swindling.
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51486,00.html
- Wired: The New Frontier of Mobilespam - As if you weren't getting enough spam in your inbox -- now, companies are slowly starting to send unsolicited text-message ads to your cell phone, too.
www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,54257,00.html
- ZDNet Australia: Aussie spammer sues anti-spammer in world-first case - An alleged Australian spammer is suing an anti-spam advocate after being blacklisted by a spam prevention Web site, in what is believed to be a first of its kind case worldwide and one that could end up "bigger than Ben Hur", according to a source close to the proceedings.
www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20265640,00.htm
- ZDNet News: Spam--it's worse than ever - Do you need a penis enlargement? How about a cool million bucks, courtesy of a too-good-to-be true deal with the son of one of Nigeria's most powerful families? Anyone with an e-mail account has doubtless received sundry similar pitches. Ranging from the simply annoying to the truly bizarre, spam was bad enough a year ago; it's that much worse today.
msn.com.com/2100-1107-848713.html
- ZDnet: Spam hits 36 percent of e-mail traffic - Corporate networks are becoming increasingly clogged by e-mail pitches for pornography, money-making schemes and health products, and there's little relief on the horizon.
zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-955842.html
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