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] (January 18, 2001)
Spammer Gets Spammed
[Slashdot] (January 18, 2001)
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] (January 17, 2001)
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] (January 12, 2001)
Europe warms to spam ban
Lobbyists for the European Internet industry believe their campaign for a ban on spam is gaining momentum. [The Register] (January 11, 2001)
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] (January 10, 2001)
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] (January 10, 2001)
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] (January 9, 2001)
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] (January 5, 2001)
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] (January 3, 2001)
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] (January 2, 2001)
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