SF Gate: Spam indigestion worsens
So I get back after taking a week off and find my office e-mail basket spilling over with more than 700 messages. Several dozen were legitimate missives from readers and whatnot, and the rest . . . well, you know where I'm going with this. (October 9, 2002)
CNET: Spam: It's more than bulk e-mail
Consumers are increasingly applying the stigma of spam to marketing messages of all stripes, causing headaches for legitimate advertisers on the Web and beyond. (October 8, 2002)
BBC: E-mail makes surfers emotional
According to US-based net think-tank the Nielsen Norman Group, people can have highly emotional reactions to e-mail newsletters. (October 6, 2002)
Instant Messaging Planet: Mobile Spam Banned in Calif.
Governor Gray Davis signs a bill that will prohibit the sending of spam to mobile phones and pagers starting next year. (September 20, 2002)
BBC News: Hotmail puts squeeze on spam
Microsoft is taking action to cut down on the amount of spam reaching anyone with a Hotmail e-mail address. (September 19, 2002)
IDGNet New Zealand: ING reaches out from beyond the grave
Internet Name Group, the Melbourne-based domain name registrar that was placed in "voluntary administration", has reached out from beyond the grave to hassle more New Zealand name holders. (September 11, 2002)
San Francisco Chronicle: Spam stampede clogs Internet
Amid all the unwanted e-mail pitches for Viagra, porn and Nigerian get- rich schemes comes this message from computer experts: You ain't seen nothing yet. (September 8, 2002)
NewsFactor: Spam Versus Technology: The Battle Rages On
One difficulty in stopping spammers is that some of their ploys work. If no one believed the story of the deposed, rich prince and others like it, much spam would cease. (September 6, 2002)
CNET.com: Groups seek federal action on spam
Spam has become such a menace to the Internet that the Federal Trade Commission should take swift steps to stanch the flow of bulk e-mail, three consumer groups said Wednesday. (September 4, 2002)
MSNBC: Spam crackdown urged
Three consumer groups petitioned the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday to enact tougher rules regarding the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail, popularly known as spam. If the rule is enacted, the FTC could move swiftly to blunt the unrelenting assault that spam e-mails impose on the time and pocketbooks of consumers, the groups said. (September 4, 2002)
MSNBC.com: Get rich quick? Not so fast
My, 1,189 unread messages in my Inbox. It's time to answer our e- mail. (2002.09.04) (September 4, 2002)
CNET.com: Consumer groups fight spam epidemic
A coalition of consumer groups plans to ask the federal government to rescue people from the deluge of unwanted commercial mail that clogs their inboxes and sucks up their time. (September 3, 2002)
CNET.com: Anti-spam Group Bocks Yahoo Stores
An anti-spam group has put Yahoo's storefronts on its list of suspected junk e-mailers, snarling attempts by some customers to access the storefronts. (August 30, 2002)
CNET.com: If it's spam, the message is "delete"
When Emily Sachar got back from vacation recently, she had an e-mail inbox full of hundreds of messages. Unfortunately, most of them were spam. (August 29, 2002)
CNET.com: You've got spam, and more spam
Corporate networks are becoming increasingly clogged by e-mail pitches for pornography, money-making schemes and health products, and there's little relief on the horizon. (August 29, 2002)
ZDnet: Spam hits 36 percent of e-mail traffic
Corporate networks are becoming increasingly clogged by e-mail pitches for pornography, money-making schemes and health products, and there's little relief on the horizon. (August 29, 2002)
NPR - All Things Considered - Spam
A radio segment on "spam" with Jason Catlett, head of Junkbusters Corporation, which is a privacy advocacy firm. He talks about how spam works, how it makes its way around the world and why it's successful. Then a talk with Alan Ralsky, director of Creative Marketing Zone. (August 15, 2002)
HoustonChronicle.com - Spam, spam, spam: Hard to escape the onslaught
Three-part article about the problem, the spammers, and some solutions. (August 7, 2002)
Wired: The New Frontier of Mobilespam
As if you weren't getting enough spam in your inbox -- now, companies are slowly starting to send unsolicited text-message ads to your cell phone, too. (August 5, 2002)
Houston Chronicle: Spammed! Part II: Despite vigilantes, spammers keep e-mail flowing
More than pop-up ads or in-your-face Web graphics, a withering assault of junk e-mail is souring the Internet experience. This is the second story of a three-part series that examines the surge in spam, the people behind it and the struggle to thwart them. (August 4, 2002)
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