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Harris sues ISPs over spam blockade
Polling giant claims ISPs have been duped into blocking millions of its e-mails in an anti-spam scam cooked up by a rival. [ZDNet]
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-522696.html
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More accountability for spammers?
New e-mail marketing standards promise to balance privacy and personalization. Can the industry police itself? Will it? [ZDNet]
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-524158.html?legacy=zdnn
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MSN turns users into spammers
A change of address notification for new users generates MSN Explorer endorsements to colleagues and friends. Make that former friends. [ZDNet]
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-524188.html?legacy=zdnn
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MAPS Wins First-Round in Spam Case
A judge Tuesday denied Harris Interactive's request for a temporary restraining order that would have forced anti-spam organization Mail Abuse Prevention System to remove the online researcher from its "Realtime Blackhole List." [InternetNews]
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=433491
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24/7 Media Snags Restraining Order Against MAPS
Ad server and technology company 24/7 Media succeeded in getting a temporary restraining order against anti-spam non-profit Mail Abuse Prevention System, on behalf of 24/7's e-mail marketing subsidiary, 24/7 Exactis. [InternetNews]
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=514611
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Europe to ban spam?
An influential body of data protection experts could be about to recommend that Europe bans spam. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/11/08/europe_to_ban_spam/
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PSINet caught red-handed with spam contract
Stumbling ISP PSINet has owned up to a contract with a sender of bulk unsolicited commercial email - known to you and me as spam. It has long been a suspicion that some ISPs have had illicit contracts with spammers, despite a publicly stated policy again
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/11/07/psinet_caught_redhanded_with_spam/
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Consumer watchdogs fail the Spam Test
Report on European consumer watchdog groups with no spam policies. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/06/06/consumer_watchdogs_fail_the_spam/
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AOL spammer pleads guilty to forgery
A man who spammed millions of AOL subscribers with pornography and get-rich-quick schemes has pleaded guilty to second-degree forgery in a US District court. [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/12/12/aol_spammer_pleads_guilty/
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Spam? Not us, says 24/7
A US District Court in Denver has issued a temporary restraining order on behalf of online marketing gurus, 24/7, against the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS). [The Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/11/17/spam_not_us_says/
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