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BBC NEWS | Business | New York takes on 'spam' e-mail
Fresh from his victory over Merrill Lynch, state attorney general Elliot Spitzer sues a firm for sending millions of spam e-mail adverts.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2014617.stm
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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Why one spam could cost $50
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.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1917458.stm
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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Using the net to catch junk mail
A Napster-like network might be able to stem the tide of spam mail messages flooding the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1919576.stm
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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Getting tough on spam
Unsolicited e-mail is becoming a problem for users and internet service providers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1979761.stm
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BBC NEWS | Technology | US still leads global spam list
More than a third of all spam e-mails originate in the US, according to a survey by security firm Sophos.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4420161.stm
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BBC News | AFRICA | Nigeria grapples with e-mail scams
The Nigerian authorities declare war on the growing of number of fraudsters who use cyber cafes to send out phoney e-mails.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1944801.stm
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Hotmail puts squeeze on spam
Microsoft is taking action to cut down on the amount of spam bombarding anyone with a Hotmail e-mail address.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2268680.stm
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BBC NEWS | Technology | E-mail makes surfers emotional
E-mail marketing works, say internet experts, but spam could undermine their effectiveness.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2297057.stm
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Spam poses threat to privacy
The problem of spam is set to get a whole lot worse and in the office it could have a big impact on levels of employee privacy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2330823.stm
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BBC NEWS | Technology | US workers spared junk e-mails
Workers in the US are not drowning in e-mail and spam, with the majority receiving less than 10 messages each day, say researchers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2558113.stm
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BBC NEWS | Technology | The web bites back
Protesters are turning the tables on government officials and businessmen who they say are making the web less pleasant to use.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2580089.stm
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BBC NEWS | Technology | The most annoying spam of 2002
A list of the most irritating spam messages sent in 2002 has been put together by an e-mail filtering firm.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2688619.stm
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Spam 'turning people off e-mail'
People are starting to use e-mail less because of spam, a study finds, though some click on unsolicited messages.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3209189.stm
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Industry group cooks up rules for spam | CNET News.com
Industry group cooks up rules for spam | Complaints about unsolicited commercial email prompt an industry coalition to come up with standards designed to quell consumer concerns and keep regulators at bay. | September 15, 2000, 6:45 AM PT | Patricia Jacobus
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2782434.html?tag=st.ne.ni.rnbot.rn.ni
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AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed | CNET News.com
AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed | The company acknowledges that it violated its own spam policy by providing Web-hosting services to a purported sender of unsolicited commercial email. | November 3, 2000, 9:30 AM PT | Paul Festa
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3369773.html
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AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed | CNET News.com
AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed | The company acknowledges that it violated its own spam policy by providing Web-hosting services to a purported sender of unsolicited commercial email. | November 3, 2000, 9:30 AM PT | Paul Festa
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3369773.html?tag=st.ne.ni.rnbot.rn.ni
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PSINet assailed as spam contract surfaces | CNET News.com
PSINet assailed as spam contract surfaces | The ISP acknowledges giving access to a sender of bulk unsolicited commercial email, bolstering critics claims that some ISPs knowingly do business with spammers in violation of stated policies. | November 6, 2000, 9:00 PM PT | Paul Festa
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3417237.html
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PSINet cans spammer, pledges reforms | CNET News.com
PSINet cans spammer, pledges reforms | Attempting to distance itself from a spam controversy, the Internet service provider cuts off service to an admitted sender of unsolicited commercial email and pledges to amend its spam policy and educate its sales force. | November 8, 2000, 3:50 PM PT | Paul Festa
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3585163.html
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Surviving in spam's shadow | Newsmakers | CNET News.com
Surviving in spams shadow | VerticalResponse CEO Janine Popick develops software for e-mail marketing campaigns. But how can you convince anyone about the benefits of targeted e-mail these days when spammers are running wild? | June 20, 2002, 4:00 AM PT | Rachel Konrad
http://news.com.com/2008-1082-937778.html
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Hotmail spam filters block outgoing e-mail | CNET News.com
Hotmail spam filters block outgoing e-mail | In an attempt to prevent spam, the Microsoft service is discarding e-mail sent to and from sites hosted by controversial Internet service providers--even if the sites themselves are not controversial. | January 18, 2001, 11:35 AM PT | Lisa M. Bowman
http://news.com.com/2009-1023-251171.html?legacy=cnet
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The DMA's doublespeak on spam | Perspectives | CNET News.com
The DMAs doublespeak on spam | CNET News.coms Declan McCullagh explains the real story behind the Direct Marketing Associations position that unsolicited e-mail entreaties to us shouldnt be considered spam. | July 21, 2003, 10:32 AM PT | Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5047695.html
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Inside the spammer's world | Perspectives | CNET News.com
Inside the spammers world | Brian Livingston talks to some of the biggest junk e-mailers in the business, learning how they render software filters useless. | June 29, 2001, 4:00 AM PT | Brian Livingston
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-281499.html
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Inside the spammer's world | Perspectives | CNET News.com
Inside the spammers world | Brian Livingston talks to some of the biggest junk e-mailers in the business, learning how they render software filters useless. | June 29, 2001, 4:00 AM PT | Brian Livingston
http://news.com.com/2010-1080-281499.html
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Inside the spammer's world | Perspectives | CNET News.com
Inside the spammers world | Brian Livingston talks to some of the biggest junk e-mailers in the business, learning how they render software filters useless. | June 29, 2001, 4:00 AM PT | Brian Livingston
http://news.com.com/2010-1080-281499.html?legacy=cnet
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Backlash for the blacklist | CNET News.com
Backlash for the blacklist | ORBS blacklists ISPs Xtra and Actrix, which in turn slap ORBS with a lawsuit--and the list goes off the air. | June 8, 2001
http://news.com.com/2011-1088-277830.html?legacy=cnet
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You've got spam, and more spam | CNET News.com
Youve got spam, and more spam | By the end of this year, junk messages could make up the majority of e-mail, leaving corporate network administrators struggling to stay afloat in the flood. | August 29, 2002, 4:00 AM PT | Robert Lemos
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-955842.html
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Fat times for spam | CNET News.com
Fat times for spam | An e-mail service provider says that spam continues to clog the Internets arteries, accounting for nearly 17 percent of e-mail in September. | October 16, 2002, 12:23 PM PT | Robert Lemos
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-962300.html
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Spammers slip ads through Windows | CNET News.com
Spammers slip ads through Windows | Bulk e-mailers co-opt an administration feature in the Microsoft operating systems and bring up intrusive advertisements on Internet-connected computers. | October 17, 2002, 4:16 PM PT | Robert Lemos
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-962483.html
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Antivirus firm takes on junk e-mail | CNET News.com
Antivirus firm takes on junk e-mail | Trend Micro jumps into the antispam fray, unveiling new software it hopes will help IT managers protect their workers from an increasing barrage of unwanted messages. | March 3, 2003, 5:00 AM PT | Lisa M. Bowman
http://news.com.com/2100-1012-990650.html
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IKEA enlists friends for email publicity | CNET News.com
IKEA enlists friends for email publicity | Home furnishing retailer IKEA is recruiting friends of friends to get the word out about its new store opening in the San Francisco Bay area. | March 8, 2000, 5:30 PM PT | Stefanie Olsen
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-237759.html?legacy=cnet&tag=st.ne.1002.bgif.1007-200-1567728
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eBay sellers say new anti-spam system is backfiring | CNET News.com
eBay sellers say new anti-spam system is backfiring | The auction giants 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. | February 27, 2001, 3:05 PM PT | Troy Wolverton
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-253251.html?legacy=cnet&tag=owv
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If it's spam, the message is delete | CNET News.com
If its spam, the message is
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-955806.html
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Anti-spam group blocks Yahoo stores | CNET News.com
Anti-spam group blocks Yahoo stores | The Mail Abuse Prevention System puts the Internet sites storefronts on its list of suspected junk e-mailers, snarling attempts by some customers to access the area. | August 30, 2002, 5:18 PM PT | Troy Wolverton
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-956191.html
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Pro-spam hacker reported | CNET News.com
Pro-spam hacker reported | A mysterious hacker has come to the defense of much-hated junk emailers, allegedly targeting sites and people who are against spam. | June 16, 1997, 2:15 PM PT | Jeff Pelline
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-200567.html?legacy=cnet&st.ne.fd.mdh
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Reward offered to find spammer | CNET News.com
Reward offered to find spammer | A software engineer whos had it with spam is offering a $100 reward to anyone who can deliver the offending parties to him. | July 7, 1997, 2:25 PM PT | Janet Kornblum
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-201205.html?legacy=cnet
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Settlement in first antispam law | CNET News.com
Settlement in first antispam law | A private citizen collects the first cash settlement from a Washington state antispam law passed earlier this year. | July 16, 1998, 6:15 PM PT | Janet Kornblum
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-213430.html?legacy=cnet&st.cn.nws.rl.ne
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Spammers jump gun on legislation | CNET News.com
Spammers jump gun on legislation | Bulk emailers have started to tack disclaimers onto their spam, saying it complies with a new law--but the legislation has not yet passed. | August 3, 1998, 2:40 PM PT | Janet Kornblum
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-214028.html?legacy=cnet
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When is email marketing spam? | CNET News.com
When is email marketing spam? | Like it or not, email is still the best way to reach a mass audience--and even community sites and online services are willing to use it. | August 31, 1998, 3:25 PM PT | Jim Hu
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-215051.html?legacy=cnet
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ORBS antispam site shut down | CNET News.com
ORBS antispam site shut down | The war on unsolicited email suffers a setback as a spam-blocking site is bounced off the Web. | December 1, 1998, 11:50 AM PT | Paul Festa
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-218552.html?legacy=cnet
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Study finds filters catch only a fraction of spam | CNET News.com
Study finds filters catch only a fraction of spam | Filters used by some popular Internet email providers weed out only a fraction of the junk theyre supposed to, but almost never bounce out legitimate messages, a study says. | June 15, 2000, 5:25 PM PT | Gwendolyn Mariano
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-241997.html?legacy=cnet&tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni
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Industry group cooks up rules for spam | CNET News.com
Industry group cooks up rules for spam | Complaints about unsolicited commercial email prompt an industry coalition to come up with standards designed to quell consumer concerns and keep regulators at bay. | September 15, 2000, 6:45 AM PT | Patricia Jacobus
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-245765.html?legacy=cnet
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Microsoft to rewrite marketing labeled as spam | CNET News.com
Microsoft to rewrite marketing labeled as spam | The software giant plans to revise a message accompanying a test version of its MSN Explorer software, bowing to criticism that the feature resembles self-promoting spam. | September 27, 2000, 6:25 PM PT | Stefanie Olsen
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-246321.html?legacy=cnet
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AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed | CNET News.com
AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed | The company acknowledges that it violated its own spam policy by providing Web-hosting services to a purported sender of unsolicited commercial email. | November 3, 2000, 9:30 AM PT | Paul Festa
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-248067.html?legacy=cnet
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PSINet assailed as spam contract surfaces | CNET News.com
PSINet assailed as spam contract surfaces | The ISP acknowledges giving access to a sender of bulk unsolicited commercial email, bolstering critics claims that some ISPs knowingly do business with spammers in violation of stated policies. | November 6, 2000, 9:00 PM PT | Paul Festa
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-248211.html?legacy=cnet
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PSINet cans spammer, pledges reforms | CNET News.com
PSINet cans spammer, pledges reforms | Attempting to distance itself from a spam controversy, the Internet service provider cuts off service to an admitted sender of unsolicited commercial email and pledges to amend its spam policy and educate its sales force. | November 8, 2000, 3:50 PM PT | Paul Festa
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-248341.html?legacy=cnet
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Spam filters may feed Web marketing | CNET News.com
Spam filters may feed Web marketing | Some popular free Web services are playing both sides of the fence, offering to block junk e-mail while they help advertisers push promotions into customers in-boxes. | January 25, 2001, 12:35 PM PT | Stefanie Olsen
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-251555.html?legacy=cnet&tag=owv
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Congress, critics wrinkle noses at spam bills | CNET News.com
Congress, critics wrinkle noses at spam bills | Spam may be an unwanted staple in your in-box, but dont expect lawmakers to serve up new regulations anytime soon. | May 21, 2001, 4:00 AM PT | Stefanie Olsen
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-257941.html
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Anti-spam group makes up with pollster | CNET News.com
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. | August 22, 2001, 5:45 PM PT | Gwendolyn Mariano
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-272039.html?legacy=cnet&tag=mn_hd
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Marketing group scrapes off spam label | CNET News.com
Marketing group scrapes off spam label | The Direct Marketing Association creates mandatory ground rules for members sending sales pitches via e-mail in an attempt to draw a line between legitimate communications and spam. | January 24, 2002, 10:50 AM PT | Stefanie Olsen
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-822053.html
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Free speech or campaign spam? | CNET News.com
Free speech or campaign spam? | California gubernatorial candidate Bill Jones is back online after his ISP shut down his Web site in protest over a mass e-mail. | March 4, 2002, 4:20 PM PT | Stefanie Olsen | Gwendolyn Mariano
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-851126.html
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