Major ISPs Boot Spammers As a result of intense pressure from anti-spam activists, major ISPs are taking steps to ensure their salespeople do not sign contracts with companies that send unsolicited commercial e-mail. [E-Commerce Times] http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/4807.html Ecommercetimes.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Report: E-Mail Taking Hold as E-Commerce Tool A survey released this week by Forrester Research, Inc. reports that e-tailers are now using electronic mail as a major means of generating repeat business from customers. [E-Commerce Times] http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/2693.html Ecommercetimes.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Spam Strikes Back Do marketers have the right to flood the e-mail boxes of unsuspecting Internet users with unwanted e-mail, otherwise known as spam? One Washington state judge has effectively said yes -- and has sparked an instant debate about the constitutionality of la http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/2759.html Ecommercetimes.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Anti-Spam Bill Clears Key Hurdle An anti-spam bill that could have a wide-reaching effect on online marketing is one step closer to becoming law following the U.S. House Commerce Committee's vote Wednesday. [E-Commerce Times] http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/3568.html Ecommercetimes.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Online Marketers Propose Spam Controls In a bid to ward off U.S. government regulation, a coalition of online marketing heavyweights announced plans Monday to propose standards meant to ease consumer concerns about spam and online privacy. [E-Commerce Times] http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/4390.html Ecommercetimes.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Report: E-Mail Marketing To Reach $7.3B by 2005 Jupiter Communications released a report on Monday predicting that worldwide direct e-mail marketing will balloon from $164 million (US$) in 1999 to $7.3 billion in 2005. [E-Commerce Times] http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/3265.html Ecommercetimes.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Verizon Online Users' E-Mail Problems Persist More than a week after its network buckled under a torrent of junk e-mail, and two days after the company vowed to fully restore service, customers of Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday continued to suffer severe problems exchanging messages over the http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A62460-2000Dec12 Washingtonpost.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check