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News and Media
:1999
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Spam scam slams a chain of fools
- Article about pyramid schemes. Includes contact information to find out more about fraud. [USA Today]
Spamming from the book is still junk
- Describes "dictionary spamming" method by which spammers can guess email addresses of users on certain email providers. [USA Today]
Direct mail double cross?
- A 'Spam Summit' highlights the differences between the actions of the Direct Marketers' Association and the desires of the anti-spam community. [Salon Technology}
(November 12, 1999)
Congress Takes On Spam
- The e-attention of Washington lawmakers is turning to the scourge of unsolicited email. Will this result in useful legislation, or just a lot of posturing? [ISP-Planet]
(October 8, 1999)
ISPs and Spam Enforcement...
- Where CAN you go next if your ISP refuses to do something about the growing amount of SPAM in your inbox? [Slashdot]
(September 11, 1999)
NSI threatens to sue Blackhole List operator
- Network Solutions threatens to sue an antispam group if it adds them to a spam blacklist. [CNET]
(August 2, 1999)
Yahoo curbs message board spam
- Yahoo blocks access to sites advertised in spam sent to its users. [CNET]
(July 27, 1999)
FTC slams 'spam'
- FTC study details the burden of junk e-mail. Report recommends spammers not be permitted to disguise their addresses. [CNN]
(July 14, 1999)
To Protest Unwanted E-Mail, Spam Cop Goes to the Source
- A consultant introduces a tool to let users complain about spam to authorities. [NYT]
(June 24, 1999)
eBetween spawning setup spam?
- New technology nudges out Windows startup -- lets companies pitch services to new PC users.
(June 21, 1999)
Study: Spam delivers bad news for ISPs
- Study shows more users than expected blame their ISPs for spam. [ZDNet]
(June 14, 1999)
With spam like this, who needs enemies?
- Readers balk at vendors' e-mail. How NOT to promote your otherwise-respectable large PC company (InfoWorld)
(May 17, 1999)
Fuzzy 'censorship' gripes make real thing possible
- An article about what free speech is.
(March 24, 1999)
When candidates spam
- A mass e-mailing by a New Jersey Republican stirs up an online hornet's nest. [Salon 21st]
(February 19, 1999)
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