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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Comcast takes hard line against spam
June 10, 2004
Blocking ports of suspect PCs draws criticism, but customers send 665 million e-mails daily.
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MCI accused of harboring spammers
February 7, 2005
Telecommunications giant denies accusations by Spamhaus that it hosts a Web site distributing spamming tools.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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