CNET.com: Porn spam--legal minefield for employers
Lewd e-mail promoting pornography may soon pose more than just a technical challenge in the ongoing fight against spam--experts say it's set to become an acute legal problem, too. (April 7, 2003)
CNET.com: Spam suits seek poetic justice
Antispam company Habeas is suing bulk e-mailers, accusing them of using its poetry without permission in an unusual use of trademark law to clamp down on spammers. (April 4, 2003)
The Guardian: Spam, spam, spam and spam? Not for much longer
The government is planning a clampdown on e-mail spam, demanding that companies obtain consumers' permission before sending them marketing material via the internet. (March 27, 2003)
The Mercury News: Subscription e-mail intended to weed out spam
WebTV co-founder Phil Goldman today is launching a subscription e-mail service for consumers that's intended to weed out spam. (March 24, 2003)
Washington Post: Spam's Cost To Business Escalates
The flood of unsolicited messages sent over the Internet is growing so fast that spam may soon account for half of all U.S. e-mail traffic. 2003.03.13 (March 13, 2003)
CNET.com: Standards group takes aim at spam
An influential Internet standards-setting body has begun a close scrutiny of the mounting problem of e-mail spam, in an effort that could have broad-ranging implications for future e-mail use and security. (March 6, 2003)
CNET.com: Antivirus firm takes on junk e-mail
Antivirus company Trend Micro is jumping into the antispam fray, unveiling new software it hopes will help information technology managers protect their workers from an increasing barrage of unwanted messages. (March 3, 2003)
Wired: Going to Extremes to Fight Spam
On Monday, the two co-founders of AvantGo launched a new spam filter that takes the most drastic anti-spam approach possible: Users only receive e-mail from people on a list of pre-approved senders. (March 3, 2003)
Wired: Net Gurus Rally Anti-Spam Forces
The Internet Research Task Force, the closest thing the Internet has to a governing body for all matters technical, inaugurated the Anti-Spam Research Group this week to develop "a taxonomy of the (spam) problem and the proposed solutions." (March 1, 2003)
CNET.com: MSN blocks e-mail from rival ISPs
Microsoft's MSN said its e-mail services had blocked some incoming messages from rival Internet service providers earlier this week, after their networks were mistakenly banned as sources of junk mail. (February 28, 2003)
PCWorld: It's Open Season on Spammers
The problem of spam--how to get rid of it, how to track down the senders, and whether to prosecute those spammers--has dominated many discussions at the third annual Privacy and Data Security Summit here this week. (February 27, 2003)
seattlepi.com: Microsoft-backed bill would dilute spam law, state says
The state Attorney General's Office has convinced lawmakers that a proposal being pushed by Microsoft Corp. would weaken Washington's landmark law against unwanted and misleading e-mail. (February 27, 2003)
SFGate: Bill seeks to stem spam
Could California lead the nation into a spam-free future? Or at least one where appreciably fewer unwanted pitches for porn, anatomical enhancements and cheapo printer cartridges flood our electronic inboxes? 2003.02.24 (February 24, 2003)
TechNews.com: AOL Joins Microsoft In a Reply to Spam
These arch rivals, which compete ferociously for Internet subscribers, say illicit commercial e-mail has so overwhelmed their efforts to stop it that they are joining forces to press for tough federal legislation to stymie the spammers. (February 21, 2003)
CNET.com: Spam blocker charges for e-mail
An Australian entrepreneur has created what may be the first antispam service that lets its users charge for the privilege of sending them e-mail. (February 19, 2003)
CNET.com: Group to field spam-filter complaints
A group of e-mail marketers on Tuesday set up an Internet forum for people to air grievances about spam filters--which can swallow legitimate messages along with the targeted commercial come-ons. (February 18, 2003)
CNET.com: Microsoft going after Hotmail spammers
Microsoft is turning up the heat on spam, filing a lawsuit to go after people it suspects of having harvested e-mail addresses from its Hotmail servers to spam subscribers. (February 18, 2003)
SFGate.com: But we don't like spam - Junk e-mail detested, polls find
Nearly 9 out of 10 Americans who use e-mail at work support legislation that would require warning labels on sexually explicit or pornographic spam and establish criminal penalties for spam that contains misleading information about the identity of the sender. (February 12, 2003)
Wired: Spam Offers: Some Legit, Most Not
The human gene pool should be incapable of producing enough idiots to financially support the vast number of spammers whose scat litters so many inboxes. Turns out, most spammers make money selling e-mail addresses to other spammers, who then sell those same addresses to others. (February 12, 2003)
The Age: Spam, spam, virus, porn and spam on spam
The e-mail system is wilting under the attack of confidence tricksters and the mad inventors of viruses, warns Garry Barker. (January 27, 2003)
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