U.S. representatives mount attack on spam A bill designed to give consumers and ISPs greater control over a flood of unwanted e-mail, commonly known as spam, was introduced Wednesday by the same U.S. representatives who sponsored the legislation in the last Congress. [CNN] http://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/16/attack.on.spam.idg/index.html Cnn.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Privacy advocates say amended spam bill lacks teeth When rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) introduced legislation in February to prevent or greatly reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail, commonly known as spam, privacy advocates cheered and then lent their support. But then some trade associations complained, a http://archive.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/04/17/010417hnadvocates.xml Infoworld.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
E-mails laden with real news — and rumors The stock market was plummeting Monday. Everything was crazy. And as if that weren't enough, Salomon Smith Barney in Alexandria, Va., was inundated with strange phone calls. [USA Today] http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001/09/20/ebrief.htm Usatoday.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Official: Spam costs E10 billion Spam costs Net users a whopping E10 billion ($9.33 billion) a year, according to the European Commission. [The Register] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/02/official_spam_costs_e10_billion/ Theregister.co.uk~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Spammer wrecks UUNet email service UUNet customers have been left stranded without access to their email for the last 36 hours after the outfit took a "very big hit" from spammers earlier this week. [The Register] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/12/spammer_wrecks_uunet_email_service/ Theregister.co.uk~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Evil spammers jailed for two years Two Los Angeles men are to go to jail for their part in a bulk email scam which duped 12,000 people and severely impacted the operations of several large US ISPs. [The Register] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/03/evil_spammers_jailed_for_two/ Theregister.co.uk~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Europe bottles spam ban A European committee has blocked plans to outlaw unsolicited commercial email dealing a major blow to anti-spam supporters. [The Register] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/07/11/europe_bottles_spam_ban/ Theregister.co.uk~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Europe warms to spam ban Lobbyists for the European Internet industry believe their campaign for a ban on spam is gaining momentum. [The Register] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/11/europe_warms_to_spam_ban/ Theregister.co.uk~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
