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Comcast goofs in Russian spam blockade

March 3, 2004 Since Friday, Comcast subscribers have found themselves unable to send e-mail to Russian addresses thanks to an overactive spam filter. TAGS: Comcast Corp., spam filter, Internet Service Provider, subscriber, spammer, spam, e-mail, Time Warner Inc., server

AOL touts spam-fighting prowess

April 30, 2003 The company asserts that it repelled more than 2 billion unsolicited commercial e-mails in a single day this week. The fight, however, is far from over. TAGS: spam-fighting, America Online Inc., spammer, spam, junk e-mail, Time Warner Inc., Internet Service Provider, member, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

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: Internet Service Provider, spam, blacklist, zombie, Spamhaus, spammer, e-mail server, MessageLabs Ltd., trojan horse, anti-spam, malware, e-mail, server, broadband, U.S., PC

Why we've finally canned spam

December 16, 2003 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Conrad Burns say critics overlook the real impact that the law they wrote will have in the reduction of unwanted e-mail. TAGS: spammer, CAN-SPAM Act, bill, David Berlind, spam, critic, law, legislation, mechanism, Internet service, attorney, Internet Service Provider, service provider, U.S., e-mail

Telecoms, ISPs partner in spam fight

January 14, 2004 A group of international telecom providers, Internet service providers and software companies plan to form a "neighborhood watch" to oust junk e-mail from their collective networks. TAGS: Openwave Systems, Internet Service Provider, anti-spam, neighborhood, spam, telecommunications, spammer, junk e-mail, messaging, telecommunications company, collaboration, software company, Internet service, service provider, America Online Inc., e-mail

Commentary: Spammers must pay

December 16, 2003 Current technical and legislative efforts--like the Can-Spam Act of 2003--can, at best, only slow the flood of spam. The only permanent solution to the spam problem is to charge for e-mail. TAGS: spammer, CAN-SPAM Act, Postini Corp., spam, Internet Service Provider, commentary, law, Forrester Research Inc., e-mail, dollar, credit card

Developing nations losing spam battle, report says

May 27, 2005 Countries with fewer resources are finding themselves overwhelmed as junk mail senders take shelter there, a new OECD report says. TAGS: developing country, Internet Service Provider, spam, spammer, nation, anti-spam, junk e-mail, e-mail

China vies with U.S. for spam title, report says

April 21, 2006 Overall, computers in Asia relay more junk e-mail than those in any other continent, according to Sophos research. TAGS: Graham Cluley, Sophos Plc., spam, spammer, South Korea, McAfee Inc., North America, Asia, China, Internet Service Provider, virus, antivirus, security, Europe, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

AT&T patents anti-antispam technology

November 19, 2003 Citing an "arms race" in the ongoing spam wars, the company defends its patenting of a technology to thwart antispam filters. TAGS: arms race, AT&T Labs, patent, AT&T Corp., spammer, spam, anti-spam, Internet Service Provider, message, Internet service, e-mail

Bystanders caught in spam cross fire

August 22, 2003 AOL Time Warner's Road Runner cable-modem service implements a new policy to block suspected spammers. But the campaign is running over some innocent victims along the way. TAGS: Road Runner, e-mail server, spammer, Internet service, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, spam, service provider, Time Warner Inc., policy, America Online Inc., domain name, Verizon Communications, technique, server, e-mail

Comcast takes hard line against spam

June 10, 2004 Blocking ports of suspect PCs draws criticism, but customers send 665 million e-mails daily. TAGS: Comcast Corp., spam, spamming, broadband Internet, spammer, block, SMTP server, subscriber, broadband, e-mail server, Internet Service Provider, Internet service, e-mail, service provider, server, PC

MCI accused of harboring spammers

February 7, 2005 Telecommunications giant denies accusations by Spamhaus that it hosts a Web site distributing spamming tools. TAGS: Spamhaus, MCI Inc., spammer, MessageLabs Ltd., Sobig, spam, e-mail server, Internet Service Provider, service provider, telecommunications, server

Charting tactics in the war on spam

June 18, 2003 Christine Gregoire, attorney general from Microsoft's home state of Washington, has some advice for federal lawmakers cooking up spam laws: Don't stifle commerce, and let individuals have their day... TAGS: spammer, spam, legislation, law, Washington, attorney general, legislator, state, advice, nation, e-commerce, anti-spam, Internet Service Provider, solution, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Major ISPs unite in spam fight

March 10, 2004 America Online, Microsoft, EarthLink and Yahoo team up to file the first major industry lawsuits under the new federal antispam law. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Ron Wyden, defendant, spammer, Internet Service Provider, spam, EarthLink Inc., law, anti-spam, lawsuit, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., service provider, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., California

AOL puts heat on alleged Sunshine State spammers

February 18, 2004 America Online files suit against Florida-based individuals it believes sent massive amounts of spam to its members. Rival EarthLink pursues an alleged Alabama spam ring. TAGS: defendant, Florida, spammer, America Online Inc., EarthLink Inc., Alabama, Thailand, Virginia, spam, Atlanta, lawsuit, suit, anti-spam, Time Warner Inc., asset, member

Antispam methods aim to merge

October 24, 2003 A new group will try to settle the differences among competing methods of thwarting spam with a kind of caller ID for e-mail. TAGS: Meng Wong, subcommittee, Pobox.com, e-mail server, spammer, anti-spam, spam, domain, caller ID, method, protocol, e-mail, Internet Service Provider, e-mail address, service provider, server

Singapore considers antispam legislation

May 25, 2004 The country is mulling a policy that would make it legal to distribute bulk commercial e-mail, as long as it's sent with instructions on how to opt out of future mailings. TAGS: Singapore, anti-spam, Internet Service Provider, spam, sender, spammer, recipient, service provider, Internet service, attorney general, regulation, e-mail, U.S.

Police blotter: Mortgage 'spammers' sued by ISP

July 14, 2006 California Internet provider sues over mortgage spam, saying lenders violated Can-Spam Act, state laws. TAGS: mortgage company, spamming, Quicken, Police Blotter, spammer, CAN-SPAM Act, Internet Service Provider, complaint, spam, damage, Internet service, service provider, e-mail server, law, California, e-mail address

Spam goes through Capitol mincer

June 20, 2003 Lawmakers on Capitol Hill vote one antispam bill out of committee and introduce a separate proposal to set lengthy prison terms for senders of bulk unsolicited mail. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Patrick Leahy, Conrad Burns, anti-spam, Ron Wyden, spam, spammer, proposal, Capitol Hill, Internet Service Provider, Washington, Internet service, service provider, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

EarthLink files suit against spammers

August 27, 2003 The ISP is hunting down the identities of the "Alabama Spammers," a group it alleges used its access service to send massive amounts of junk e-mail. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., spamming, spammer, junk e-mail, spam, Internet company, litigation, lawsuit, credit card, Internet Service Provider, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.
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