When candidates spam - http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1999/02/19feature.html A mass e-mailing by a New Jersey Republican stirs up an online hornet's nest. [Salon 21st]
Direct mail double cross? - http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/12/spam/index.html A 'Spam Summit' highlights the differences between the actions of the Direct Marketers' Association and the desires of the anti-spam community. [Salon Technology}
FTC slams 'spam' - http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9807/14/junk.email.02/ FTC study details the burden of junk e-mail. Report recommends spammers not be permitted to disguise their addresses. [CNN]
With spam like this, who needs enemies? - http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/foster/990517ef.htm Readers balk at vendors' e-mail. How NOT to promote your otherwise-respectable large PC company (InfoWorld)
NSI threatens to sue Blackhole List operator - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-229332.html Network Solutions threatens to sue an antispam group if it adds them to a spam blacklist. [CNET]
Yahoo curbs message board spam - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-229106.html Yahoo blocks access to sites advertised in spam sent to its users. [CNET]
eBetween spawning setup spam? - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-514953.html New technology nudges out Windows startup -- lets companies pitch services to new PC users.
Study: Spam delivers bad news for ISPs - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-514881.html Study shows more users than expected blame their ISPs for spam. [ZDNet]
Spam scam slams a chain of fools - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/cceli009.htm Article about pyramid schemes. Includes contact information to find out more about fraud. [USA Today]
Spamming from the book is still junk - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/cceli005.htm Describes "dictionary spamming" method by which spammers can guess email addresses of users on certain email providers. [USA Today]
Online petition against Spam - http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/05/022/ Online petition by EU web users against spam. Site is German but text is English.
ISPs and Spam Enforcement... - http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/09/11/2324234.shtml Where CAN you go next if your ISP refuses to do something about the growing amount of SPAM in your inbox? [Slashdot]
Congress Takes On Spam - http://www.isp-planet.com/politics/congress-spam.html The e-attention of Washington lawmakers is turning to the scourge of unsolicited email. Will this result in useful legislation, or just a lot of posturing? [ISP-Planet]
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