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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., Yahoo! Inc., freedom, spam, Time Warner Inc., agency, payment, e-mail

China plans spam crackdown

February 22, 2006 World's second-worst offender as source of spam will introduce measures to curb the problem--but critics say they don't go far enough. TAGS: China, spam, anti-spam, junk e-mail, Sophos Plc., London, Internet Service Provider

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, U.S., message, security, e-mail

Black Frog leaps into fight against spam

May 25, 2006 Okopipi project aims to continue antispam campaign launched by now-defunct Blue Frog effort, which suffered a DOS attack. TAGS: Wiki, anti-spam, denial of service, spammer, project, fight, spam, security, server, e-mail

Exterminating the nuisance of spam

November 15, 2006 Suresh Ramasubramanian oversees the development of junk e-mail countermeasures for tens of millions of Internet users. TAGS: developing country, spam, videocast, anti-spam, junk e-mail, U.N., mailing list, training, effect, Internet Service Provider, Adobe PDF

'Tis the season to send spam

November 20, 2006 The volume of junk e-mail is spiking--just as consumers gear up for holiday shopping. TAGS: antispam company, spammer, Ironport Systems Inc., spam, MessageLabs Ltd., anti-spam, holiday, Turkey, season, expert, Yahoo! Inc., message, e-mail, PC

Police blotter: Antispam activist fights lawsuit

January 19, 2007 In this week's installment, the Osirusoft list defends suit brought by a firm claiming it was erroneously included. TAGS: Police Blotter, junk e-mail, anti-spam, activist, content provider, spam, provider, filter, section, server, 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, anti-spam, Oklahoma, law, spammer, spam, domain name, professor, CEO, e-mail

Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes

May 4, 2006 DDoS attack on antispam campaigner redirected to blog-hosting firm Six Apart, forcing it offline, security firm says. TAGS: Six Apart Ltd., distributed denial of service, anti-spam, blog, TypePad, LiveJournal, blog posting, spammer, spam, traffic, attack, security, server

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, law enforcement, email marketing, anti-spam, spam, bond, conference, incentive, phishing, e-mail, attorney, car, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Spam fighter hit with $11.7 million judgment

September 15, 2006 Nonprofit behind antispam blacklist is hit with multimillion-dollar judgment, but the order may not be enforceable. TAGS: Spamhaus, judgment, spammer, Barracuda Networks, Illinois, spam, court, anti-spam, U.K., organization, U.S., order, e-mail

A shifting landscape for e-mail security

January 8, 2007 Tech heavyweights are taking charge in a "brutal battle" for dominance among spam fighters. TAGS: e-mail security, Barracuda Networks, Ironport Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., acquisition, Symantec Corp., spam, California, anti-spam, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.
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