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Discussion of spam history and early spam sightings.
(May 03, 2008)
The technology hasn't been widely adopted, but spammers are taking it up at a faster rate than legitimate e-mailers.
(August 31, 2004)
While IP addresses in the U.S. made up just 28% of the spam-sending addresses in a survey by CipherTrust Inc., those addresses sent out much more unsolicited commercial e-mail than spammers from other nations.
(August 12, 2004)
Classifying e-mail as "good" or "junk" before it's sent to be scanned by spam filters could speed up the delivery of legitimate e-mail, according to a paper presented today at the 2004 Usenix Annual Technical Conference.
(June 28, 2004)
Here's a look at different technologies companies such as Wyndham International have used to solve their spam problems.
(March 01, 2004)
Two scourges -- viruses and spam -- are the most vexing e-mail issues for CIOs, according to a survey conducted by Ferris Research Inc. and Computerworld. Regulatory compliance isn't far behind.
(February 02, 2004)
People are starting to use e-mail less because of spam, a study finds, though some click on unsolicited messages.
(October 24, 2003)
For those serving on the front lines of the bruising battle over junk e-mail spam is also is the root of the hardball legal tactics, hacking, harassment and death threats that are the hazards of their chosen vocation.
(August 07, 2003)
Spam, some say, has gotten so bad that it's on the verge of killing e-mail. But if the Internet sky really is falling, why doesn't someone do something?
(August 06, 2003)
An Australian entrepreneur has created what may be the first antispam service that lets its users charge for the privilege of sending them e-mail.
(February 19, 2003)
The e-mail system is wilting under the attack of confidence tricksters and the mad inventors of viruses, warns Garry Barker.
(January 27, 2003)
Protesters are turning the tables on government officials and businessmen who they say are making the web less pleasant to use.
(December 16, 2002)
Heavy-handed anti-spam filtering can frequently lead to the loss of legitimate emails.
(November 29, 2002)
In the past year, spam has moved beyond personal e-mail accounts, invading business systems and graduating from societal pest to corporate enemy.
(November 11, 2002)
An article about hyped mail-filtering products versus freely available SpamAssassin.
(October 16, 2002)
Workplace privacy will be casualty in war on spam.
(October 16, 2002)
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.
(September 03, 2002)
A radio segment on "spam" with Jason Catlett, head of Junkbusters Corporation, which is a privacy advocacy firm. He talks about how spam works, how it makes its way around the world and why it's successful. Then a talk with Alan Ralsky, director of Creative Marketing Zone.
(August 15, 2002)
New spam filter uses peer-to-peer networking tricks.
(June 19, 2002)
Spam may be an unwanted staple in your in-box, but don't expect lawmakers to serve up new regulations anytime soon.
(May 21, 2002)
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.
(January 24, 2002)
Consumers across Europe who have been plagued by junk e-mails and phone messages are being told that new laws are on the way to control them.
(December 12, 2001)
European telecommunication ministers have agreed that unsolicited e-mail and wireless text messages should be prohibited under a new data protection law.
(December 07, 2001)
Suggested non-extraterritorial UK legislation that would stop spam globally.
(November 01, 2001)
To date, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has only gone after spam in cases in which deceptive advertising was being prosecuted. Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) itself, regardless of its contents, has not been a target. [E-Commerce News]
(September 19, 2001)
A European committee has blocked plans to outlaw unsolicited commercial email dealing a major blow to anti-spam supporters. [The Register]
(July 11, 2001)
Activists decry a loophole in proposed U.S. anti-spam laws that would allow each spammer to send one unsolicited e-mail before an ISP could take action against the spammer. [E-Commerce Times]
(May 14, 2001)
A new study finds at least 34 percent of e-mail messages at work contain irrelevant information. [ABCNEWS.com]
(April 20, 2001)
Getting people to say yes to marketing e-mails, and then getting them the messages that are most likely to make them buy, is a thriving industry of its own. [E-Commerce Times]
(April 17, 2001)
Article about how businesses can advertise without spamming.
(April 01, 2001)
The auction giant's new system that was designed to limit spam is forcing some sellers to weed through even more junk mail to find legitimate messages from bidders. [c|net]
(February 27, 2001)
Internet subscribers world-wide are unwittingly paying an estimated €10 billion a year in connection costs just to receive "junk" e-mails, according to a study undertaken for the European Commission.
(February 02, 2001)
Some popular free Web services are playing both sides of the fence when it comes to protecting consumers from pesky marketers, offering to block junk e-mail while they help advertisers push promotions into customers' in-boxes. [CNET.com]
(January 25, 2001)
In our wireless world, can solicitors find you anywhere within cell range if you have a data-ready wireless phone turned on? [CNET.com]
(January 10, 2001)
Online marketing - sometimes called spamming - is trying to clean up its act - so don't mention the S word. [BBC News]
(December 22, 2000)
As a result of intense pressure from anti-spam activists, major ISPs are taking steps to ensure their salespeople do not sign contracts with companies that send unsolicited commercial e-mail. [E-Commerce Times]
(November 10, 2000)
An influential body of data protection experts could be about to recommend that Europe bans spam. [The Register]
(November 08, 2000)
Complaints about unsolicited commercial email have prompted an industry coalition to come up with standards designed to quell consumer concerns and keep regulators at bay. [CNET.com]
(October 05, 2000)
In a bid to ward off U.S. government regulation, a coalition of online marketing heavyweights announced plans Monday to propose standards meant to ease consumer concerns about spam and online privacy. [E-Commerce Times]
(September 26, 2000)
No one will admit to liking spam -- the canned pseudo-meat or the unsolicited e-mail that bears its name. But despite the current efforts of governments in North America and Europe to get it back into the can, spam is destined to be, and should be, a fact of Internet life -- just like junk mail is in the real world. [E-Commerce Times]
(July 21, 2000)
An anti-spam bill that could have a wide-reaching effect on online marketing is one step closer to becoming law following the U.S. House Commerce Committee's vote Wednesday. [E-Commerce Times]
(June 15, 2000)
Report on European consumer watchdog groups with no spam policies. [The Register]
(June 06, 2000)
Do marketers have the right to flood the e-mail boxes of unsuspecting Internet users with unwanted e-mail, otherwise known as spam? One Washington state judge has effectively said yes -- and has sparked an instant debate about the constitutionality of laws that limit the use of spam. [E-Commerce Times]
(March 17, 2000)
A consultant introduces a tool to let users complain about spam to authorities. [NYT]
(June 24, 1999)
Like it or not, email is still the best way to reach a mass online audience--and even community sites and online services are willing to use it. [CNET]
(August 31, 1998)
A House Commerce subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Consumer Antislamming Act, containing controversial provisions aimed at protecting Net users from junk email that antispammers say actually legitimize spam. [CNET]
(August 06, 1998)
Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]
(August 03, 1998)
PROBLEM: You're drowning in unsolicited e-mail messages. SOLUTION: Filter your incoming e-mail, contact your Internet service provider, and hunt down the culprits. [CNN]
(June 30, 1998)
Would you cheerfully open your e-mail in-box to all the spam you can stand in exchange for a cut-rate ISP account? [CNN]
(June 23, 1998)
Posted by Laura Rich. [CNN]
(June 19, 1998)
Try to imagine your e-mail in-box accumulating 300 to 600 messages - not while you are away on vacation, but every day. [CNN]
(June 18, 1998)
Posted by Jeff Johnson. [CPSR]
(February 03, 1998)
Posted by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post Staff Writer.
(April 25, 1997)
Discussion of spam history and early spam sightings.
(May 03, 2008)
The technology hasn't been widely adopted, but spammers are taking it up at a faster rate than legitimate e-mailers.
(August 31, 2004)
While IP addresses in the U.S. made up just 28% of the spam-sending addresses in a survey by CipherTrust Inc., those addresses sent out much more unsolicited commercial e-mail than spammers from other nations.
(August 12, 2004)
Classifying e-mail as "good" or "junk" before it's sent to be scanned by spam filters could speed up the delivery of legitimate e-mail, according to a paper presented today at the 2004 Usenix Annual Technical Conference.
(June 28, 2004)
Here's a look at different technologies companies such as Wyndham International have used to solve their spam problems.
(March 01, 2004)
Two scourges -- viruses and spam -- are the most vexing e-mail issues for CIOs, according to a survey conducted by Ferris Research Inc. and Computerworld. Regulatory compliance isn't far behind.
(February 02, 2004)
People are starting to use e-mail less because of spam, a study finds, though some click on unsolicited messages.
(October 24, 2003)
For those serving on the front lines of the bruising battle over junk e-mail spam is also is the root of the hardball legal tactics, hacking, harassment and death threats that are the hazards of their chosen vocation.
(August 07, 2003)
Spam, some say, has gotten so bad that it's on the verge of killing e-mail. But if the Internet sky really is falling, why doesn't someone do something?
(August 06, 2003)
An Australian entrepreneur has created what may be the first antispam service that lets its users charge for the privilege of sending them e-mail.
(February 19, 2003)
The e-mail system is wilting under the attack of confidence tricksters and the mad inventors of viruses, warns Garry Barker.
(January 27, 2003)
Protesters are turning the tables on government officials and businessmen who they say are making the web less pleasant to use.
(December 16, 2002)
Heavy-handed anti-spam filtering can frequently lead to the loss of legitimate emails.
(November 29, 2002)
In the past year, spam has moved beyond personal e-mail accounts, invading business systems and graduating from societal pest to corporate enemy.
(November 11, 2002)
An article about hyped mail-filtering products versus freely available SpamAssassin.
(October 16, 2002)
Workplace privacy will be casualty in war on spam.
(October 16, 2002)
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.
(September 03, 2002)
A radio segment on "spam" with Jason Catlett, head of Junkbusters Corporation, which is a privacy advocacy firm. He talks about how spam works, how it makes its way around the world and why it's successful. Then a talk with Alan Ralsky, director of Creative Marketing Zone.
(August 15, 2002)
New spam filter uses peer-to-peer networking tricks.
(June 19, 2002)
Spam may be an unwanted staple in your in-box, but don't expect lawmakers to serve up new regulations anytime soon.
(May 21, 2002)
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.
(January 24, 2002)
Consumers across Europe who have been plagued by junk e-mails and phone messages are being told that new laws are on the way to control them.
(December 12, 2001)
European telecommunication ministers have agreed that unsolicited e-mail and wireless text messages should be prohibited under a new data protection law.
(December 07, 2001)
Suggested non-extraterritorial UK legislation that would stop spam globally.
(November 01, 2001)
To date, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has only gone after spam in cases in which deceptive advertising was being prosecuted. Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) itself, regardless of its contents, has not been a target. [E-Commerce News]
(September 19, 2001)
A European committee has blocked plans to outlaw unsolicited commercial email dealing a major blow to anti-spam supporters. [The Register]
(July 11, 2001)
Activists decry a loophole in proposed U.S. anti-spam laws that would allow each spammer to send one unsolicited e-mail before an ISP could take action against the spammer. [E-Commerce Times]
(May 14, 2001)
A new study finds at least 34 percent of e-mail messages at work contain irrelevant information. [ABCNEWS.com]
(April 20, 2001)
Getting people to say yes to marketing e-mails, and then getting them the messages that are most likely to make them buy, is a thriving industry of its own. [E-Commerce Times]
(April 17, 2001)
Article about how businesses can advertise without spamming.
(April 01, 2001)
The auction giant's new system that was designed to limit spam is forcing some sellers to weed through even more junk mail to find legitimate messages from bidders. [c|net]
(February 27, 2001)
Internet subscribers world-wide are unwittingly paying an estimated €10 billion a year in connection costs just to receive "junk" e-mails, according to a study undertaken for the European Commission.
(February 02, 2001)
Some popular free Web services are playing both sides of the fence when it comes to protecting consumers from pesky marketers, offering to block junk e-mail while they help advertisers push promotions into customers' in-boxes. [CNET.com]
(January 25, 2001)
In our wireless world, can solicitors find you anywhere within cell range if you have a data-ready wireless phone turned on? [CNET.com]
(January 10, 2001)
Online marketing - sometimes called spamming - is trying to clean up its act - so don't mention the S word. [BBC News]
(December 22, 2000)
As a result of intense pressure from anti-spam activists, major ISPs are taking steps to ensure their salespeople do not sign contracts with companies that send unsolicited commercial e-mail. [E-Commerce Times]
(November 10, 2000)
An influential body of data protection experts could be about to recommend that Europe bans spam. [The Register]
(November 08, 2000)
Complaints about unsolicited commercial email have prompted an industry coalition to come up with standards designed to quell consumer concerns and keep regulators at bay. [CNET.com]
(October 05, 2000)
In a bid to ward off U.S. government regulation, a coalition of online marketing heavyweights announced plans Monday to propose standards meant to ease consumer concerns about spam and online privacy. [E-Commerce Times]
(September 26, 2000)
No one will admit to liking spam -- the canned pseudo-meat or the unsolicited e-mail that bears its name. But despite the current efforts of governments in North America and Europe to get it back into the can, spam is destined to be, and should be, a fact of Internet life -- just like junk mail is in the real world. [E-Commerce Times]
(July 21, 2000)
An anti-spam bill that could have a wide-reaching effect on online marketing is one step closer to becoming law following the U.S. House Commerce Committee's vote Wednesday. [E-Commerce Times]
(June 15, 2000)
Report on European consumer watchdog groups with no spam policies. [The Register]
(June 06, 2000)
Do marketers have the right to flood the e-mail boxes of unsuspecting Internet users with unwanted e-mail, otherwise known as spam? One Washington state judge has effectively said yes -- and has sparked an instant debate about the constitutionality of laws that limit the use of spam. [E-Commerce Times]
(March 17, 2000)
A consultant introduces a tool to let users complain about spam to authorities. [NYT]
(June 24, 1999)
Like it or not, email is still the best way to reach a mass online audience--and even community sites and online services are willing to use it. [CNET]
(August 31, 1998)
A House Commerce subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Consumer Antislamming Act, containing controversial provisions aimed at protecting Net users from junk email that antispammers say actually legitimize spam. [CNET]
(August 06, 1998)
Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]
(August 03, 1998)
PROBLEM: You're drowning in unsolicited e-mail messages. SOLUTION: Filter your incoming e-mail, contact your Internet service provider, and hunt down the culprits. [CNN]
(June 30, 1998)
Would you cheerfully open your e-mail in-box to all the spam you can stand in exchange for a cut-rate ISP account? [CNN]
(June 23, 1998)
Posted by Laura Rich. [CNN]
(June 19, 1998)
Try to imagine your e-mail in-box accumulating 300 to 600 messages - not while you are away on vacation, but every day. [CNN]
(June 18, 1998)
Posted by Jeff Johnson. [CPSR]
(February 03, 1998)
Posted by Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post Staff Writer.
(April 25, 1997)
