Harris sues ISPs over spam blockade
Polling giant claims ISPs have been duped into blocking millions of its e-mails in an anti-spam scam cooked up by a rival. [ZDNet] (August 2, 2000)
Mail Abuse Prevention Organization Stands Up to Giant Harris Interactive
MAPS, the anti-spam organization, will vigorously defend the law suit filed by Harris Interactive Inc. [PR Newswire] (August 2, 2000)
Harris Interactive Files Suit Against AOL, Microsoft, Qwest and Other ISPs Over Restraint of Trade
Mainly an attack on MAPS, claiming that Harris are not spammers and should not be blocked. (July 31, 2000)
eBay To Get $1.2M in Spam Settlement
eBay, Inc. said it will get $1.2 million (US$) under a lawsuit settlement with ReverseAuction.com, Inc., which had been accused of illegally obtaining eBay user IDs and addresses in order to send them unwanted and misleading e-mail. [E-Commerce Times] (July 28, 2000)
Spammer Pays Up at EBay
ReverseAuction has agreed to pay $1.2 million and to quit harvesting emails from eBay's site as part of a settlement agreement. [Wired] (July 28, 2000)
In Defense of Spam
No one will admit to liking spam -- the canned pseudo-meat or the unsolicited e-mail that bears its name. But despite the current efforts of governments in North America and Europe to get it back into the can, spam is destined to be, and should be, a fact of Internet life -- just like junk mail is in the real world. [E-Commerce Times] (July 21, 2000)
U.S. House Approves Anti-Spam Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives voted almost unanimously Tuesday that spam should be unlawful. [E-Commerce Times] (July 19, 2000)
Despite Foes, Spam Thrives
Even though there are now some state laws closely regulating spamming, the practice of sending mass unsolicited e-mails has acquired a sheen of respectability, and in some quarters is enthusiastically referred to as "sending an e-mail blitz." [E-Commerce Times] (July 6, 2000)
The Congressman Who Loves Spam
H.R. 3113, which would fine spammers $500 for each piece of unsolicited junk email they send, would have passed unanimously were it not for the representative known throughout the House as "Dr. No." [Wired] (June 20, 2000)
House approves anti-spam legislation
The House of Representatives today passed the first bill that will hold email marketers accountable for the influx of bulk unsolicited email, commonly known as "spam." [CNET.com] (June 18, 2000)
Hotmailers Getting Fat on Spam
Ask Hotmail users about their email accounts and most likely they will gripe how impossible it is to eliminate spam. [Wired] (June 17, 2000)
Anti-Spam Bill Clears Key Hurdle
An anti-spam bill that could have a wide-reaching effect on online marketing is one step closer to becoming law following the U.S. House Commerce Committee's vote Wednesday. [E-Commerce Times] (June 15, 2000)
Study finds filters catch only a fraction of spam
Spam filters used by some popular Internet email providers weed out only a fraction of the junk they're supposed to but almost never bounce legitimate messages, according to a new study. [CNET.com] (June 15, 2000)
When You Send Spam to Yourself
Carl Toups usually doesn't blink at unsolicited junk mail in his Hotmail account, but a piece of spam recently caught his eye. [Wired] (June 1, 2000)
Consumer watchdogs fail the Spam Test
Report on European consumer watchdog groups with no spam policies. [The Register] (June 6, 2000)
A Fight to Ban Cellphone Spam
Hundreds of unsuspecting AT&T wireless subscribers in April protested when spam trickled from their PCs to cellular phones. [Wired] (June 6, 2000)
ASD.com First Company in Tennessee to Win Anti-Spamming Case; First Judgment and Award Under the Anti-Spamming Statute in Tennessee
A Tennessee company wins a lawsuit under new state anti-spam legislation. (May 19, 2000)
Report: E-Mail Marketing To Reach $7.3B by 2005
Jupiter Communications released a report on Monday predicting that worldwide direct e-mail marketing will balloon from $164 million (US$) in 1999 to $7.3 billion in 2005. [E-Commerce Times] (May 9, 2000)
Other Ways to Fry Spam
The Chickenboners and the Lumber Cartel are waging a war over your email box. [Wired] (April 24, 2000)
Spam Strikes Back
Do marketers have the right to flood the e-mail boxes of unsuspecting Internet users with unwanted e-mail, otherwise known as spam? One Washington state judge has effectively said yes -- and has sparked an instant debate about the constitutionality of laws that limit the use of spam. [E-Commerce Times] (March 17, 2000)
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