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The government is planning a clampdown on e-mail spam, demanding that companies obtain consumers' permission before sending them marketing material via the internet.
The state Attorney General's Office has convinced lawmakers that a proposal being pushed by Microsoft Corp. would weaken Washington's landmark law against unwanted and misleading e-mail.
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)
Microsoft's MSN said its e-mail services had blocked some incoming messages from rival Internet service providers earlier this week, after their networks were mistakenly banned as sources of junk mail.
(February 28, 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)
The most annoying spam purported to pass on to people free passwords for sex sites that usually levy a charge to look beyond the front page.
(January 24, 2003)
AT&T WorldNet this week activated a risky spam-filtering technique that it shortly had to defuse after subscribers discovered they were losing legitimate e-mail.
(January 24, 2003)
The government is planning a clampdown on e-mail spam, demanding that companies obtain consumers' permission before sending them marketing material via the internet.
The state Attorney General's Office has convinced lawmakers that a proposal being pushed by Microsoft Corp. would weaken Washington's landmark law against unwanted and misleading e-mail.
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)
Microsoft's MSN said its e-mail services had blocked some incoming messages from rival Internet service providers earlier this week, after their networks were mistakenly banned as sources of junk mail.
(February 28, 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)
AT&T WorldNet this week activated a risky spam-filtering technique that it shortly had to defuse after subscribers discovered they were losing legitimate e-mail.
(January 24, 2003)
The most annoying spam purported to pass on to people free passwords for sex sites that usually levy a charge to look beyond the front page.
(January 24, 2003)
