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• Antislamming act draws fire

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-214185.html
  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]

• E-mail overload drives many users bananas

  http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/18/email.overload.idg/index.html
  Try to imagine your e-mail in-box accumulating 300 to 600 messages - not while you are away on vacation, but every day. [CNN]

• I Don't Like Spam

  http://cpsr.org/prevsite/program/privacy/spam_jj.html/
  by Jeff Johnson [CPSR]

• On the beat with the Internet spam cops

  http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/19/spam.cops.idg/index.html
  [CNN]

• ORBS antispam site shut down

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-218552.html
  The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com]

• Reward offered to find spammer

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-201205.html
  Wanted: One spammer. Reward offered. A San Diego software engineer whose had it with people using his domain name "live.net" to send out spam is offering a $100 reward to anyone who can deliver the offending parties--or at least their names--to him. [CNET]

• Settlement in First Antispam Law

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-213430.html
  Stan Smith of Salem, Oregon, had never heard of junk email, let alone "spam" or any laws banning it. He just wanted to spread the word about Tahitian noni juice, which he says is pretty much a miracle cure for a wide variety of ailments. [CNET]

• Spammers jump gun on legislation

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-214028.html
  Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]

• Three ways to spamproof your in-box

  http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/30/diy.spam.idg/index.html
  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]

• When is email marketing spam?

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-215051.html
  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]

• Would you accept spam in exchange for lower Net costs?

  http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/23/cheap.spam.idg/index.html
  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]

 

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