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Antispam group rejects e-mail payment plan

February 7, 2006 Spamhaus says the e-mail charges planned by Yahoo and AOL will erode our freedom to communicate. TAGS: anti-spam, Spamhaus, America Online Inc., freedom, Yahoo! Inc., Time Warner Inc., spam, payment, e-mail, agency

Barracuda Networks profiles spam

April 17, 2007 Profiling e-mail as it's received by antispam appliances is Barracuda Networks' latest technique to combat junk e-mail. TAGS: Barracuda Networks, anti-spam, junk e-mail, sender, e-mail, message

CA buys antispam company

July 26, 2005 Computer Associates has acquired e-mail security software maker Qurb, in a further move into the security industry. TAGS: antispam company, Computer Associates International Inc., anti-spam, e-mail security, CA eTrust, security software company, acquisition, software company, security, e-mail

Antispam advocate succumbs to spammer

May 18, 2006 Eran Reshef, who asked people to bury spammers simply by replying to spam e-mails, falls victim to mass online attack. TAGS: spammer, anti-spam, denial of service, attack, security, server, e-mail

900,000 ISP customers blacklisted

May 10, 2005 Telewest, a U.K. Internet service provider, calls the antispam group's action "heavy-handed" but can't say it didn't see this coming. TAGS: Telewest, Ironport Systems Inc., anti-spam, Internet Service Provider, representative, spam, Internet service, service provider, U.K., IP address, IP, e-mail

Spammer settles suit for $1 million

June 5, 2006 Man accused of sending up to 25 million e-mails per day settles lawsuit with Microsoft and the state of Texas. TAGS: spammer, anti-spam, Texas, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

E-mail meltdown claims take heat

February 4, 2005 Although ISPs say they have had problems with a zombie mailing trick, antispam sellers say the warnings are overblown. TAGS: Spamhaus, anti-spam, Postini Corp., zombie, Internet Service Provider, spam, e-mail server, server, e-mail

Can-Spam didn't, survey says

December 30, 2004 A survey due out Monday will report that the federal antispam law did little to deter spammers. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, MX Logic Inc., antispam company, anti-spam, survey, spam, law, service provider, U.S., e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Proofpoint debuts e-mail reputation service

April 30, 2007 Dynamic Reputation is the latest entry into a field of next-generation e-mail security programs that assess senders' reliability. TAGS: Proofpoint Inc., e-mail security, anti-spam, e-mail

Microsoft launches antispam tools, services

May 26, 2005 Company debuts its MSN Postmaster Web site, which offers tools and services designed to combat spam. TAGS: MSN Hotmail, MSN, spam, Internet Service Provider, anti-spam, service provider, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., security

Zombie trick expected to send spam sky-high

February 2, 2005 New spammer scheme uses ISPs to get around blacklists, leading one expert to predict "e-mail meltdown." TAGS: blacklist, Internet Service Provider, zombie, spam, Spamhaus, MessageLabs Ltd., e-mail server, spammer, anti-spam, trojan horse, server, e-mail, broadband, U.S., malware, PC

Spam: Made in Taiwan?

June 9, 2006 Junk e-mail rose in May, most of it served up from Taiwan--and the death of Blue Frog was a factor, CipherTrust says. TAGS: CipherTrust Inc., zombie, Taiwan, anti-spam, spam, spammer, China, e-mail, message, security, U.S.

IronPort to rate Web links in spam fight

January 24, 2006 Web reputation scoring added to catch more unwanted e-mail messages, including those with links to malicious Web sites. TAGS: Ironport Systems Inc., reputation, anti-spam, spam, spam filter, spammer, check, attack, e-mail, message, link, server

Promising antispam technique gets nod

May 23, 2007 Internet Engineering Task Force approves a technique designed to put junk e-mailers out of business forever. TAGS: DomainKeys, digital signature, PayPal, anti-spam, signature, phishing, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail server, SD card, message, e-mail, server

Virginia court upholds antispam law

September 6, 2006 Court denies convicted spammer's appeal, rejects argument that the state law is unconstitutional. TAGS: antispam law, anti-spam, appeal, Virginia, America Online Inc., U.S., e-mail

Antispam list gets spammed

May 4, 2006 People subscribed to Blue Security's "Do Not Intrude Registry" service are getting unsolicited e-mail. TAGS: spammer, anti-spam, security, e-mail address, e-mail

Leading ISPs sign up for Goodmail antispam service

June 7, 2007 Service will certify legit e-mail from businesses by marking it with a blue ribbon. On board are Comcast, Verizon and others. TAGS: Time Warner Inc., Internet Service Provider, spam filter, anti-spam, Verizon Communications, Comcast Corp., phishing, U.S., e-mail

Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer

November 28, 2006 Precedent-setting decision says travel agency that sent repeated cruise-vacation e-mails is protected by federal Can-Spam Act. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Oklahoma, anti-spam, law, spammer, spam, domain name, professor, e-mail, CEO

Antispam confab looks beyond filters

March 29, 2006 Leaders in the fight against spam, phishing and e-mail fraud gather at the MIT to compare notes. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, marketer, spammer, email marketing, anti-spam, law enforcement, spam, bond, incentive, phishing, conference, e-mail, attorney, car, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Antispam proposals advance

June 29, 2005 Internet standards group approves "experimental" proposals to curb spam using domain authorization and e-mail authentication. TAGS: Sender ID, Sender Policy Framework, e-mail authentication, RFC, anti-spam, proposal, Time Warner Inc., DNS, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.
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