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AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed
AT&T acknowledged Thursday that it had violated its own spam policy by providing Web-hosting services to a purported sender of unsolicited commercial email. [CNET.com]
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-248067.html
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PSINet assailed as spam contract surfaces
Troubled Internet service provider PSINet acknowledged providing access to a sender of bulk unsolicited commercial email, bolstering critics' claims that some of the world's largest ISPs knowingly do business with spammers in violation of stated anti-spa
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-248211.html
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When You Send Spam to Yourself
Carl Toups usually doesn't blink at unsolicited junk mail in his Hotmail account, but a piece of spam recently caught his eye. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/07/37297
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Other Ways to Fry Spam
The Chickenboners and the Lumber Cartel are waging a war over your email box. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/04/35776
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Spammers Forced to Tell the Truth
A Colorado legislative committee has passed a bill that would require spammers to tag unsolicited email with a special subject line. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/02/34458
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Hotmailers Getting Fat on Spam
Ask Hotmail users about their email accounts and most likely they will gripe how impossible it is to eliminate spam. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/06/37044
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Registrar Sues for Whois Spam
A domain name registrar has filed suit against a firm it claims illegally used its customer contact information in an aggressive marketing campaign of unsolicited email and phone calls. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/08/38014
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Spammer Pays Up at EBay
ReverseAuction has agreed to pay $1.2 million and to quit harvesting emails from eBay's site as part of a settlement agreement. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/07/37852
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Setting Limits for 'Whois' Data
A dispute between a domain name registrar and a Web hosting company could set legal limits on accessing and using personal information on Internet whois databases. [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/08/38025
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The Congressman Who Loves Spam
H.R. 3113, which would fine spammers $500 for each piece of unsolicited junk email they send, would have passed unanimously were it not for the representative known throughout the House as "Dr. No." [Wired]
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/07/37665
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