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BBC News: Using the net to catch junk mail
A Napster-like network might be able to stem the tide of spam mail messages flooding the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1919576.stm
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BBC News: Nigeria grapples with e-mail scams
The Nigerian authorities declare war on the growing of number of fraudsters who use cyber cafes to send out phoney e-mails.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1944801.stm
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BBC News: Hotmail puts squeeze on spam
Microsoft is taking action to cut down on the amount of spam reaching anyone with a Hotmail e-mail address.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2268680.stm
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andersja: Spam, Hype and SpamAssassin
An article about hyped mail-filtering products versus freely available SpamAssassin.
http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2002/10/16/spam_hype_and_spamassassin.html
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Computerworld: Verizon settles lawsuit against spammer
The owner of a Detroit-based commercial e-mail company has agreed to a permanent injunction barring him from sending spam to customers of Verizon Online, a unit of Verizon Communications.
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,75499,00.html
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BBC: E-mail makes surfers emotional
According to US-based net think-tank the Nielsen Norman Group, people can have highly emotional reactions to e-mail newsletters.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2297057.stm
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SF Gate: Spam indigestion worsens
So I get back after taking a week off and find my office e-mail basket spilling over with more than 700 messages. Several dozen were legitimate missives from readers and whatnot, and the rest . . . well, you know where I'm going with this.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/09/BU243115.DTL&type=tech
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The Age: The Plague
On Monday the battle raging in cyberspace between spammers and their nemesis, junk mail activists, will be fought out in a courtroom, where a landmark judgement is expected to influence the future of direct marketing over the Internet.
http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/11/1034222584907.html
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BBC: Spam poses threat to privacy
Workplace privacy will be casualty in war on spam.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2330823.stm
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The Age: E-mail users want spam off the menu
Spam, spam, spam, spam! In Monty Python's day, it was comical, but today the unavoidable excess of spam has gone way beyond a joke.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/16/1034561210642.html
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