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When rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) introduced legislation in February to prevent or greatly reduce
unsolicited commercial e-mail, commonly known as spam, privacy advocates cheered and then lent
their support. But then some trade associations complained, and shortly thereafter the bill was
amended in a congressional committee, and stripped of some of its enforcement strengths.
[InfoWorld]
http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/04/17/010417hnadvocates.xml
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Wireless NewsFactor: Cell-Phone Spam Figures in Patent Request
'The federal E911 regulations have precipitated a flurry of privacy issues, as well as concerns
that consumer wireless devices will be bombarded with unsolicited messages.'
http://wireless.newsfactor.com/perl/story/11097.html
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Wireless NewsFactor: U.S. Legislation Targets Wireless Spam
Holt's wireless phone bill, referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, specifically
prohibits the use of wireless phones' text, graphic or image messaging systems to transmit
unsolicited commercial messages.
http://wireless.newsfactor.com/perl/story/8519.html
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Wireless NewsFactor: Japanese Giant Mounts New Wireless Spam Offensive
DoCoMo said it has requested permission to block any e-mail sent to large numbers of invalid e-mail
addresses.
http://wireless.newsfactor.com/perl/story/14612.html
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U.S. representatives mount attack on spam
A bill designed to give consumers and ISPs greater control over a flood of unwanted e-mail,
commonly known as spam, was introduced Wednesday by the same U.S. representatives who sponsored the
legislation in the last Congress. [CNN]
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/16/attack.on.spam.idg/index.html
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CNET.com: Inside the spammer's world
Recent court decisions upholding laws against unsolicited e-mails will increasingly focus attention
on a few individuals who send out the majority of such unwanted advertising messages.
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-281499.html
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BBC News: EU laws target junk mail spam
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.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1706221.stm
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Anti-spam group makes up with pollster
A controversial anti-spam group agrees to remove a polling and market research firm from its
database of suspected junk e-mailers. [C|Net]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-272039.html?legacy=cnet&tag=mn_hd
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Backlash for the blacklist
Skinny DuBaud's take on the demise of former spam relay blacklister ORBS. [C-NET]
http://news.com.com/2011-1088-277830.html?legacy=cnet
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Apocryphal E-Mail Bedevils Va. Sender
She meant well. That's what Rose Lambert tells herself every morning when her e-mail folder begins
to bulge with missives from around the globe, and she starts to slip again into her deep, private
hell. [Washington Post]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A36923-2001Ma....
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eBay sellers say new anti-spam system is backfiring
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]
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-253251.html?legacy=cnet&tag=owv
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Spam filters may feed Web marketing
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]
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-251555.html?legacy=cnet&tag=owv
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UK marketeers to challenge EU email ban
The British marketing industry has begun the fight back against European Union proposals to ban all
unsolicited emails. [Guardian Unlimited]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4119516,00.html
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Hotmail spam filters block outgoing e-mail
Ben Johnson has been sending e-mail for months from his Hotmail account, but he just discovered
that some of them were diverted to the trash before arriving at their destination. [CNET.com]
http://news.com.com/2009-1023-251171.html?legacy=cnet
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Bill aims to block wireless junk email
In our wireless world, can solicitors find you anywhere within cell range if you have a data-ready
wireless phone turned on? [CNET.com]
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-250796.html?legacy=cnet&tag=st.ne.1430735..ni
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Wired: Antispam Laws: Where Are They?
Nearly 6 million people in 24 states have registered to have telemarketing calls blocked under new
do-not-call laws. But that doesn't mean similar laws for spam could ever pass ... or be effective,
antispam experts say.
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,46371,FF.html
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Newsbyte: Peacefire.org Wins Spam Suits
Bennett Haselton, the Webmaster for anti-Internet censorship Web site Peacefire.org, is the latest
in a string of Washington residents to emerge victorious in small claims court by invoking the
state?s new law against unsolicited bulk e-mail.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172891.html
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Wired: Axed Intel Man Loses E-Mail Case
Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi remains barred from targeting Intel employees with bulk e-mail.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49031,00.html
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Wired: When Tragedy Hits, So Does Spam
Before the rubble had even stopped smoking from Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and
Washington D.C., spammers were trying to capitalize on the tragedy.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,46775,00.html
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Wired: Wham, Bam, Thank You Spam
A small claims court judge in Bellevue, Washington, awarded Bennett Haselton $2,000 for getting
spam.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49089,00.html
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Wired: Plenty of Spam for the Holidays
Attention, spamees: Don't take your hand off the delete key. Indications are that plenty more spam
is on its wa
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48481,00.html
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Newsbytes: EC Lightens Spam Ban, Cookie Limit Proposals
European Internet marketing companies and e-tailers will be breathing a sigh of relief this
morning, following an easing of European Commission proposals to ban spam and heavily restrict the
use of cookies on the Net.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172792.html
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CNN: Euro ministers agree on spam 'n' cookies
European telecommunication ministers have agreed that unsolicited e-mail and wireless text messages
should be prohibited under a new data protection law.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/12/07/euro.spam.cookies.idg/index.html
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Newsbytes: E-Mail Marketing Will Fade Away Without Consent - Report
E-mail marketing - usually thought of as unwanted or spam messages crammed into e-mailboxes - must
evolve if it is to continue in the years ahead, a new report says.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171400.html
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Newsbytes: U.S. Supreme Court Won't Strike Down Washington Spam Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal challenging Washington state's law against
unsolicited commercial e-mail, also known as "spam." The justices will allow a state
superior court to hear a lawsuit against an alleged spammer.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171669.html
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The Register: ORBS' death
Alan Brown makes a short response to the news that ORBS is shutting down.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/19460.html
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Hackers, Spammers May Be Punished as Terrorists
Theoretically, because violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 have been included in
the terrorism crackdown, hackers and spammers could be sentenced to life in prison. [News Factor]
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/13792.html
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E-mails laden with real news -- and rumors
The stock market was plummeting Monday. Everything was crazy. And as if that weren't enough,
Salomon Smith Barney in Alexandria, Va., was inundated with strange phone calls. [USA Today]
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010920/3646733s.htm
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Euro spam vote in limbo
The European parliament has bungled its latest attempt to outlaw spam. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21539.html
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Blocking Junk E-mail, Happy Birthday PC
In this week's Cybershake we explore how to stem the flow of junk e-mail, a new simple digital
camera from Kodak, and the introduction of IBM's first PC. [ABCNEWS.com]
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/cybershake010813.html
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Spam Report: U.S. Regulators Ignore Most Junk E-Mail
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]
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/13397.html
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Can Spam Ever Be Stopped?
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]
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/9581.html
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Spammers face felony charges
Californians Michael Persaud, 24, of San Diego and Frank Kriticos, 25, of Santee will answer felony
criminal charges of spamming and so earn the distinction of being the first people so charged in
that state, according to a story in the local Union Tribune newspaper. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17626.html
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A Third of Work E-Mail Wastes Time
A new study finds at least 34 percent of e-mail messages at work contain irrelevant information.
[ABCNEWS.com]
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/e-mail010420.html
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Data protection: "Junk" e-mail costs internet users 10 billion a year worldwide
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.
http://www.europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/01/154|0|RAP....
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MSN opts for Brightmail anti-spam defence
MSN has signed up with Brightmail to stop its email users getting spammed. The ISP will offer its
five million email users in the US the option of Brightmail's Anti-Spam Solution. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/18284.html
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Spam Oozes Past Border Patrol
Last week, Reps. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) and Gene Green (D-Texas) reintroduced a bill they claimed
"empowers consumers and their ISP with the ability to protect both their privacy and their
resources" by restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41860,00.html
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Media3 Loses Bid for Injunction Against RBL Listing
MAPS will continue to list IP addresses held by Media3 Technologies in MAPS' Realtime Blackhole
List (RBL). The Federal District Court in Boston turned down Media3's request. [MAPS Press Release]
http://mail-abuse.org/pressreleases/2001-01-02.html
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Spammer Gets Spammed
[Slashdot]
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/18/1645243&mode=thread
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U.S. Gains in War Against 'Spam' Fraud
In ongoing investigations, the FTC and Project Mailbox found that many unsolicited e-mail
sweepstakes offerings, travel offers and work-at-home schemes are fraudulent. [NewsFactor]
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/6508.html
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Europe warms to spam ban
Lobbyists for the European Internet industry believe their campaign for a ban on spam is gaining
momentum. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/15992.html
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'Spam' Costs Internet Users EUR 10 Billion a Year - Study
Internet subscribers across the world are unwittingly paying an estimated EUR 10 billion a year in
connection costs just to receive junk e-mails or 'spam', according to a study undertaken for the
European Commission. [EU Business]
http://www.eubusiness.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=37621&d=101&h=240&f=56&dateformat....
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Official: Spam costs E10 billion
Spam costs Net users a whopping E10 billion ($9.33 billion) a year, according to the European
Commission. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16608.html
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New Battle Strategies Heat Up War On Spam
Some say the only way to stop the spread of e-mail Spam is to charge e-mail users a fee -- but the
strategy has failed to stem the tide of regular junk mail. [NewsFactor]
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/7217.html
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EBay E-mail Makes Users 'Bidder'
Auction site eBay has apparently decided that users of its service who said no really meant yes.
So, in an attempt to "help" its users, the company has informed many of them, by e-mail,
that their marketing preferences were automatically being changed. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41086,00.html
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Walking the Line Between E-Mail and Spam
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]
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/8966.html
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Fixing a Hole Where Spam Comes In
ISPs are battling rogue spammers lurking in the back alleys and hidden corners of their networks.
As the fighting heats up, more and more legitimate e-mail is getting blocked along with the junk.
[Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,45343,00.html
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Europe bottles spam ban
A European committee has blocked plans to outlaw unsolicited commercial email dealing a major blow
to anti-spam supporters. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/23/20316.html
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Infamous Spammer Spammed
In what some see as a perfect example of the evidence of cosmic retribution, an avalanche of spam
has crashed British Internet service provider Pipex's servers, and stopped delivery of e-mail to
its million-plus users for the past week. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,41239,00.html
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What Was EBay's E-Mail Motive?
EBay is either a scheming marketing company or an innocent victim of mass paranoia launched by a
well-intentioned e-mail it sent to its users. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,41116,00.html
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Spammer wrecks UUNet email service
UUNet customers have been left stranded without access to their email for the last 36 hours after
the outfit took a "very big hit" from spammers earlier this week. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16062.html
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Evil spammers jailed for two years
Two Los Angeles men are to go to jail for their part in a bulk email scam which duped 12,000 people
and severely impacted the operations of several large US ISPs. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15791.html
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