Search The Directory The Web for Home > Computers > Internet > Abuse > Spam > News > 2000 New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Harris sues ISPs over spam blockade - Polling giant claims ISPs have been duped into blocking millions of its e-mails in an anti-spam scam cooked up by a rival. [ZDNet]   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]   House approves anti-spam legislation - The House of Representatives today passed the first bill that will hold email marketers accountable for the influx of bulk unsolicited email, commonly known as "spam." [CNET.com]   IKEA enlists friends for email publicity - Home furnishing retailer IKEA has a new spin on spam, recruiting friends of friends to get the word out about its new store opening in the San Francisco Bay area. [CNET.com]   ISPs find spam verdict hard to swallow - Internet service providers and permission-based marketing agencies are up in arms about the government's decision not to regulate against unsolicited commercial email or spam, as it's more commonly known. [Media Guardian]   In Defense of Spam - No one will admit to liking spam -- the canned pseudo-meat or the unsolicited e-mail that bears its name. But despite the current efforts of governments in North America and Europe to get it back into the can, spam is destined to be, and should be, a fact of Internet life -- just like junk mail is in the real world. [E-Commerce Times]   Industry group cooks up rules for spam - Complaints about unsolicited commercial email have prompted an industry coalition to come up with standards designed to quell consumer concerns and keep regulators at bay. [CNET.com]   Insider slams Kiwi spam fighters - ORBS' proactive approach to fighting bulk e-mail may actually help spammers. But the group's chief critic is under the gun, too. [ZDNet]   Judge Denies TRO to Stop E-Mail Blocking - Internet service providers may continue to use a "spam" tracker to block unwanted e-mail from the accounts of their customers, a federal judge has ruled in denying a temporary restraining order against the practice. [New York Law Journal]   Junk e-mail eradicated? - Online marketing - sometimes called spamming - is trying to clean up its act - so don't mention the S word. [BBC News]   MAPS Wins First-Round in Spam Case - A judge Tuesday denied Harris Interactive's request for a temporary restraining order that would have forced anti-spam organization Mail Abuse Prevention System to remove the online researcher from its "Realtime Blackhole List." [InternetNews]   MAPS vs Exactis - Mail Abuse Prevention System lists Exactis mail servers in Realtime Blackhole List (RBL); Exactis files lawsuit. [MAPS press release]   MSN Criticized For Open Spam Relays - Responding to complaints that the Microsoft Network is allowing spammers to relay junk e-mail through MSN servers, the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) has added several MSN systems to its notorious anti-spam blacklist. The action could potentially disrupt emails from thousands of legitimate MSN subscribers. [InternetNews]   MSN blacklisted for harbouring spammers - Microsoft's vastly interconnected ISP and portal, MSN, has become easy prey for spammers due to several poorly-protected mail (SMTP) servers to which outsiders can connect easily for a free, anonymous ride, according to a bulletin on the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) Web site. [The Register]   MSN turns users into spammers - A change of address notification for new users generates MSN Explorer endorsements to colleagues and friends. Make that former friends. [ZDNet]   Mail Abuse Prevention Organization Stands Up to Giant Harris Interactive - MAPS, the anti-spam organization, will vigorously defend the law suit filed by Harris Interactive Inc. [PR Newswire]   Major ISPs Boot Spammers - As a result of intense pressure from anti-spam activists, major ISPs are taking steps to ensure their salespeople do not sign contracts with companies that send unsolicited commercial e-mail. [E-Commerce Times]   Mega-ISPs And Spam Support - Discussion about pink contracts. [Slashdot]   Microsoft to rewrite marketing labeled as spam - Microsoft today said it plans to revise a notification message accompanying a test version of its new MSN Explorer software, bowing to criticism that the feature resembles self-promoting spam. [CNET.com]   More accountability for spammers? - New e-mail marketing standards promise to balance privacy and personalization. Can the industry police itself? Will it? [ZDNet]     [ 1 2 3 4 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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