02.07.03Study Puts a Price on Spam

Yahoo News writes:
Unsolicited commercial e-mail--spam--costs U.S. companies $874 per employee per year in lost productivity, according to a new report out from independent research company Nucleus Research.

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11.07.03Consumers Union Says Federal Anti-Spam Bill Doesn't Go Far Enough

Yahoo!News writes:
None of the anti-spam legislation Congress is considering goes far enough in tackling the problem, The Consumers Union, the company behind the popular Consumer Reports publications, told a House subcommittee Tuesday.

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14.07.03Battle of wits over spam

San Francisco Chronicle writes:
Ernie Falco III doesn't like to be called a spammer, but it's kind of hard for the young Internet entrepreneur to avoid that tag.

His company sells millions of e-mail addresses and offers services to send e-mail advertisements to as many as 150 million consumers at a time.

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16.07.03EU moves to spam ban, looks for allies

National Business Review, New Zealand writes:
European Union (EU) legislation banning unwanted e-mail will come into effect in November but European leaders say the law will have little effect on the global tide of spam unless others enact similar laws.

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Commission outlines actions to combat spam

Cordis News relates:
The Commission has outlined a number of actions to combat the growth of unsolicited e-mail, otherwise known as spam.

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23.07.03New 'field guide' collects spammers tricks

Infoworld writes:
The Field Guide provides a comprehensive listing and explanation of spam techniques that administrators can use to keep abreast of the ever-changing tricks used by spammers, according to ActiveState

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25.07.03Spam gets intelligent

News24 wrtes:
Things are getting a little worrying: junk e-mail is getting intelligent.

True, those pitches for Viagra, penis enlargement, gambling, baldness cures, cheap credit or phoney diets are just as crass as they ever were.

But the techniques used to stuff the spam into your mailbox are getting smarter by the day.

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28.07.03Consumers favor do-not-spam list

CBS Market Watch writes:
Seventy-four percent of consumers in a recent survey want a do-not-spam list modeled after the do-not-call list for which some 15 million people have already signed up and which goes into effect later this year. A do-not-spam registry would require that businesses refrain from sending e-mail messages to consumers on the list.

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30.07.03Spam foes wary of do-not-call suits

CNET News.com writes:
Even as the idea of a national do-not-spam registry gains traction among e-mail users and on Capitol Hill, a lawsuit against the proposed federal do-not-call list could nip the idea in the bud, legal experts warn.

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31.07.03Spam clogging Internet's arteries

EU Business UK writes:
Spam -- unsolicited commercial e-mail -- is growing out of control. Experts say spam threatens the very existence of the Internet. The European Union this year looks set to take the lead in restricting junk e-mail, but its efforts may prove ineffective if the United States and other countries do not follow suit.

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