Spam fight gets cooking

The battle over unwanted e-mail heats up as antispam activists find promise in junk fax ruling. Also: Hotmail imposes new e-mail limits on its users.

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

Spam law a matter of fax?
Antispam advocates see promise in a federal junk fax law, but some experts call the spam-fax connection far-fetched.
March 26, 2003

Fighting spam for a good cause
Two IBM researchers are proposing a new method of canning spam that would force unfamiliar senders to donate to charity if they want to reach you.
March 26, 2003

previous coverage
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