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Wired: Not All Asian E-Mail Is Spam
A new great wall is being built, this time across the Internet. Constructed by frustrated systems administrators and intended only to stop spam, the wall could eventually cut off much of the e-mail communications between the East and the West.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/02/50455
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Wired: Spam Showdown at Battle Creek
The small city of Battle Creek, Michigan, wants to lock up an anti-spam activist who it believes crashed its mail server. Never mind that the town government was using a buggy version of the Lotus Domino e-mail server, and that newer releases have fixed
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2002/03/51218
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Wired: Amy Grant Spams a Sour Note
Jesus preached the gospel of turning the other cheek, but what would he have said about spam?
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2002/05/52435
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Wired: The Law Is Going After Spam
Spam and Internet fraud -- the twin plagues of the information age -- are getting stepped-up attention from federal and state agencies that say more joint effort from law enforcement groups is needed to curb the scourge that is online swindling.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/04/51486
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Wired: Liverpool: I Wanna Hold Your Spam
A woman in a major British media company recently contacted the company's entire, 30,000-strong staff with an urgent query: "Has anyone got any blu-tack?"
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/07/53868
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Wired: Sprint Calls Audible in Spam Suit
A lawsuit charging Sprint with sending illegal, unsolicited e-mail appears to be turning into a test case for how much evidence a company can recover when defending against allegations of wrongful spamming.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2002/08/54250
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Wired: Spam Masquerades as Admin Alerts
A new breed of pop-up ads is appearing on Microsoft Windows users' computers. The so-called "Messenger spams" have security experts and system administrators scratching their heads and recipients fuming.
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/10/55795
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Wired: E-Marketers Rue Address Turnover
Thirty-one percent of Americans change e-mail addresses each year, in part to evade spammers, according to a new study.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2002/11/56049
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Wired: FTC: Where Spam Goes to Die
The FTC now has the most complete spam database in the world, a collection of over 20 million missives containing the solutions to all human wants and woes.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/11/55972
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Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs
Strange things are afoot in blogland. Owners of weblogs have recently noticed that their referral logs have become the newest target for spam.
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2002/10/56017
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