New tools for frying spam

Hotmail imposes e-mail limits on its users, while a start-up promises a fail-safe tool. Also: What junk faxes have to tell us about unwanted e-mail.

Is the solution to spam black and white? Pavni Diwanji, CEO, MailFrontier

Hotmail restricts outgoing messages
Microsoft's free Web-based e-mail service tightens restrictions on daily outbound messages sent by subscribers, a tactic the company says will help curb spam.
March 24, 2003

An answer to spam's discontent?
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Phillip Goldman is either a rich guy with a death wish or somebody on the verge of making tech history.
March 24, 2003

Junk fax ruling may help antispam effort
A federal appeals court says a law restricting junk faxes does not violate the Constitution, setting a precedent that favors legal attempts to restrict unsolicited e-mail.
March 21, 2003

Study suggests spam-stopping tricks
A new study of spamming tactics finds that the most successful methods of avoiding unwanted messages involve obscuring e-mail addresses or hiding them altogether.
March 19, 2003