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• ABCNEWS.com: New Ways to Can Spam E-mail

  http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97504
  New spam filter uses peer-to-peer networking tricks.

• andersja: Spam, Hype and SpamAssassin

  http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/10/16/spam_hype_and_spamassassin.html
  An article about hyped mail-filtering products versus freely available SpamAssassin.

• BBC News: Getting Tough On Spam

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1979761.stm
  Unsolicited e-mail is becoming a problem for users and internet service providers.

• BBC News: Hotmail puts squeeze on spam

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2268680.stm
  Microsoft is taking action to cut down on the amount of spam reaching anyone with a Hotmail e-mail address.

• BBC News: New York takes on 'spam' e-mail

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2014617.stm
  Fresh from his victory over Merrill Lynch, state attorney general Elliot Spitzer sues MonsterHut.com for sending millions of 'spam' e-mail adverts.

• BBC News: Nigeria grapples with e-mail scams

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1944801.stm
  The Nigerian authorities declare war on the growing of number of fraudsters who use cyber cafes to send out phoney e-mails.

• BBC News: The web bites back

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2580089.stm
  Protesters are turning the tables on government officials and businessmen who they say are making the web less pleasant to use.

• BBC News: US workers spared junk e-mails

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2558113.stm
  Spam is not overwhelming the inboxes of US workers, despite the growing number of junk e-mails promoting get-rich-quick scams or pornographic websites, says a report.

• BBC News: Using the net to catch junk mail

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1919576.stm
  A Napster-like network might be able to stem the tide of spam mail messages flooding the internet.

• BBC News: Why one spam could cost $50

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1917458.stm
  A US law firm has become the hero of the common people for its decision to take on the spam merchants who wage guerrilla warfare on our e-mail inboxes, offering everything from sex to cars and easy money to psychic readings.

• BBC: E-mail makes surfers emotional

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2297057.stm
  According to US-based net think-tank the Nielsen Norman Group, people can have highly emotional reactions to e-mail newsletters.

• BBC: Spam poses threat to privacy

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2330823.stm
  Workplace privacy will be casualty in war on spam.

• Christian Science Monitor: 'White lists' emerge as a tool for consumers in fight against spam

  http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1202/p12s01-wmgn.html
  Americans are discovering that the broad effort to fight spam can backfire.

• Christian Science Monitor: War on e-mail spam ratchets up in courts, legislatures | csmonitor.com

  http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0418/p01s01-ussc.html
  A lawsuit against spam on the Internet is part of a larger effort to control the proliferation of unsolicited e-mail.

• CNET.com: Anti-spam Group Bocks Yahoo Stores

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-956191.html
  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.

• CNET.com: Anti-spam service battles bugs

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-938103.html
  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.

• CNET.com: AOL awarded millions in spam case

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-978019.html
  A Virginia federal court awarded America Online nearly $7 million in damages as part of the Internet service providers' legal victory over a junk e-mail operation, AOL said Monday.

• CNET.com: Congress, critics wrinkle noses at spam bills

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-257941.html
  Spam may be an unwanted staple in your in-box, but don't expect lawmakers to serve up new regulations anytime soon.

• CNET.com: Consumer groups fight spam epidemic

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-956393.html
  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.

• CNET.com: EU body pushes spam guidelines

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-930019.html
  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.

• CNET.com: Free speech or campaign spam?

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-851126.html
  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.

• CNET.com: Groups seek federal action on spam

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-956502.html
  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.

• CNET.com: If it's spam, the message is "delete"

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-955806.html
  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.

• CNET.com: Is your e-mail watching you?

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-875992.html
  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.

• CNET.com: Marketing group scrapes off spam label

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-822053.html
  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.

• CNET.com: Public access to FTC hurt by spam lists

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-975473.html
  When Josh Tinnin tried to send e-mail to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission this month, he received an unwelcome surprise: He couldn't.

• CNET.com: Spam filter a career killer?

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-946952.html
  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?

• CNET.com: Spam suit rings on Sprint

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-947736.html
  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.

• CNET.com: Start-up wants your help to fight spam

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-937300.html
  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.

• CNET.com: Yahoo users fume over "spam" switch

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-871730.html
  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.

• CNET.com: You've got spam, and more spam

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-955842.html
  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.

• CNET: Fat times for spam

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-962300.html
  In September, more than 17 percent of all e-mail traveling across the Internet could be classified as spam, according to data collected by UK e-mail service provider MessageLabs. The company's figures are presented in its latest monthly report.

• CNET: Spam doesn't kill appetite for e-mail

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-976399.html
  Spam hasn't killed enthusiasm for e-mail among U.S. workers, according to a new study on e-mail use in the workplace.

• CNET: Spam: It's more than bulk e-mail

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-961134.html
  Consumers are increasingly applying the stigma of spam to marketing messages of all stripes, causing headaches for legitimate advertisers on the Web and beyond.

• CNET: Spammers slipping ads through Windows

  http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-962483.html
  Spammers have co-opted an administration feature in Microsoft's Windows operating systems and are using it to bring up intrusive advertisements on Internet-connected computers.

• Computerworld: Search goes on for ways to stop spam

  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/72088/Search_goes_on_for_ways_to_stop_spam?taxonomyId=086
  At a Global Internet Project conference today, IT and government officials looked at ways to counter the spreading nuisance of unwanted e-mail.

• Computerworld: Spam Wars

  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/75737/Spam_Wars?taxonomyId=086
  In the past year, spam has moved beyond personal e-mail accounts, invading business systems and graduating from societal pest to corporate enemy.

• Computerworld: Spam: Arriving en masse to an e-mail address near you

  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/75348/Spam_Arriving_en_masse_to_an_e_mail_address_near_you?taxonomyId=086
  Shifting from daily nuisance to serious IT and business concern, uncontrolled spam is prompting customers to arm themselves with tools to fight back against productivity loss, potential liability and bandwidth-clogging consequences that unsolicited commercial e-mail can bring to an enterprise.

• Computerworld: Study: Amount of spam, virus-infected e-mails rising

  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/75135/Study_Amount_of_spam_virus_infected_e_mails_rising?taxonomyId=086
  A new report analyzing e-mail messages sent last month found that the problem of viruses and unsolicited e-mail continued to grow, hitting manufacturing, banking and finance, and health care particularly hard.

• Computerworld: Verizon settles lawsuit against spammer

  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/75499/Verizon_settles_lawsuit_against_spammer?taxonomyId=070
  The owner of a Detroit-based commercial e-mail company has agreed to a permanent injunction barring him from sending spam to customers of Verizon Online, a unit of Verizon Communications.

• donga.com: 4 Million Won Penalty to 5 Companies Distributed `Spam mails` Indiscrimately.

  http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=030000&biid=2002043035928
  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.

• donga.com: Compulsory Notice of `Adult Advertisement` for Sexual Spam Mails

  http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2002050862048
  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.

• donga.com: Spam Mail with False Title to be Punished

  http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=030000&biid=2002042443958
  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.

• E-Commerce News: FTC Shuts Down 9-11 Spam Scam

  http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_988971
  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.

• Instant Messaging Planet: Mobile Spam Banned in Calif.

  http://www.instantmessagingplanet.com/wireless/article.php/10766_1467401
  Governor Gray Davis signs a bill that will prohibit the sending of spam to mobile phones and pagers starting next year.

• Internetnews: It's All Perfectly Illegal

  http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_973481
  The seven werpetrators agreed to settle charges that they were spamming consumers with deceptive chain letters. Financial terms of the settlements were not disclosed.

• New Architect: A Tidal Wave Of Spam

  http://www.drdobbs.com/a-tidal-wave-of-spam/184411675
  Editorial. One man decides to give up on spam filtering.

• NPR - All Things Considered - Spam

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148399
  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.

• San Francisco Chronicle: Court upholds anti-spam law / Unsolicited e-mail not protected, judges say

  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/04/MN228257.DTL
  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.

• San Francisco Chronicle: Spam going mobile

  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/15/MN219403.DTL
  Fight is on to keep unwanted text ads off cell phones.

• San Francisco Chronicle: Spam stampede clogs Internet

  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/09/08/MN137044.DTL
  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.

• Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Deceptive chain e-mails targeted

  http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Deceptive-chain-e-mails-targeted-1080126.php
  FTC goes after spam purveyors who peddle dubious schemes.

• seattlep-i.com: 'Spam' bill would require senders to include personal info

  http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Spam-bill-would-require-senders-to-include-1078049.php
  Unsolicited e-mail, also known as "spam," would become a thing of the past under a bill introduced by Sen. Bill Finkbeiner, R-Kirkland.

• SF Gate: Spam attacks growing

  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/15/BU224200.DTL
  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.

• Slashdot: As the Spam Turns

  http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/2339233
  The SBL has added Verio's corporate mail servers to its blocklist which protects nearly 100 million mailboxes, because of the number of spam gangs on the Verio network. Verio also provides connectivity to AS26212, a collection of 9 of the most notorious spammers netblocks. AS26212 is also connected to he.net and bbnplanet.net.

• Slashdot: Australian Spammer Sues Back

  http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/30/2011249
  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?

• smh.com.au: Sun goes down on man of words

  http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/26/1027497416227.html
  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".

• Telepolis: European Parliament to come to crucial vote on spam

  http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/12603/1.html
  "Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs" asks European Parliament to force the floodgates wide open for spam.

• The Age: E-mail users want spam off the menu

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/16/1034561210642.html
  Spam, spam, spam, spam! In Monty Python's day, it was comical, but today the unavoidable excess of spam has gone way beyond a joke.

• The Age: Spam, the plague giving the Net indigestion

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/01/1028157817675.html
  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.

• The Age: The dangers of spam SMS

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/05/1017206260399.html
  You can get paid to receive ads on your mobile, but it might burst the spam dam, writes Nicole Manktelow.

• The Age: The Plague

  http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/11/1034222584907.html
  On Monday the battle raging in cyberspace between spammers and their nemesis, junk mail activists, will be fought out in a courtroom, where a landmark judgement is expected to influence the future of direct marketing over the Internet.

• The Register: Anti-spam filters kill legitimate emails

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/29/antispam_filters_kill_legitimate_emails/
  Heavy-handed anti-spam filtering can frequently lead to the loss of legitimate emails.

• The Register: AOL wins $7m in porn spam case

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/12/17/aol_wins_7m_in_porn/
  AOL has won $7m in damages after it claimed its punters had been bombarded with porn spam.

• The Register: Hotmail, Yahoo! erect roadblocks for spam sign-ons

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/01/07/hotmail_yahoo_erect_roadblocks/
  Spam fighters have come up with an idea to frustrate the automatic creation of email accounts often used to send spam.

• The Register: Where the heck is all this spam coming from?

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/29/where_the_heck_is_all/
  The growth of the spam problem in 2002 has been exponential, writes Kevin Murphy . Companies that sell spam filtering software say currently the percentage of email that is spam could be 20%, 33%, or even up to 50%, compared to less than 10% a year ago.

• USA Today: E-mail avalanche even buries CEOs Take some tips from harried chief executives who are drowning in it

  http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2002/01/04/usatcov-email.htm
  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.

 

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