Infamous Spammer Spammed In what some see as a perfect example of the evidence of cosmic retribution, an avalanche of spam has crashed British Internet service provider Pipex's servers, and stopped delivery of e-mail to its million-plus users for the past week. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/01/41239 Wired.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
EBay E-mail Makes Users 'Bidder' Auction site eBay has apparently decided that users of its service who said no really meant yes. So, in an attempt to "help" its users, the company has informed many of them, by e-mail, that their marketing preferences were automatically being http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/01/41086 Wired.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Fixing a Hole Where Spam Comes In ISPs are battling rogue spammers lurking in the back alleys and hidden corners of their networks. As the fighting heats up, more and more legitimate e-mail is getting blocked along with the junk. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/07/45343 Wired.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
What Was EBay's E-Mail Motive? EBay is either a scheming marketing company or an innocent victim of mass paranoia launched by a well-intentioned e-mail it sent to its users. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/01/41116 Wired.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Wired: When Tragedy Hits, So Does Spam Before the rubble had even stopped smoking from Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C., spammers were trying to capitalize on the tragedy. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/09/46775 Wired.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
Spam Oozes Past Border Patrol Last week, Reps. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) and Gene Green (D-Texas) reintroduced a bill they claimed "empowers consumers and their ISP with the ability to protect both their privacy and their resources" by restricting unsolicited commercial e-mai http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/02/41860 Wired.com~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
