Search The Directory The Web for Home > Computers > Internet > Abuse > Spam > News > 1998 New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   A Spam-hating Man With a Spam-stamping Plan - Interview with David Kramer, an anti-spam crusader. [Computerworld]   AT&T spams Webmasters - AT&T spamed 1,000 Webmasters with unsolicited promotional email messages; they were not happy. [cnet]   Anti-Spam Bill Introduced in California - A state assemblyman in California introduced yesterday a bill that would expand existing law that prohibits unsolicited faxes by adding a provision to restrict unsolicited commercial e-mail. [Direct Newsline]   Antislamming act draws fire - A House Commerce subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Consumer Antislamming Act, containing controversial provisions aimed at protecting Net users from junk email that antispammers say actually legitimize spam. [CNET]   California Anti-Spam Bill Is Amended To Protect Property - Yesterday at the Internet World trade show in Los Angeles, California assemblyman Gary Miller presented to industry leaders and the press the new, market-oriented language for an anti-spam bill he is co-sponsoring. [Direct Newsline]   Deceptive Spam Could Slow E-Commerce Growth, FTC Says - The proliferation of deceptive spam could undermine consumer confidence and slow the growth of Internet commerce, Federal Trade Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday. [Direct Newsline]   E-mail overload drives many users bananas - Try to imagine your e-mail in-box accumulating 300 to 600 messages - not while you are away on vacation, but every day. [CNN]   Federal Law To Regulate Spam Proposed - Senator Robert Torricelli (D-New Jersey) and Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) are proposing a law to regulate unsolicited e-mail, or spam. [Direct Newsline]   I Don't Like Spam - by Jeff Johnson [CPSR]   Longmont doctoral student sues after spam attack - Look at any online newsgroup and you'll often find the topic is unsolicited e-mail, known as "spam," selling everything from health products to porn. [Boulder County Business Report]   MCI Customers Drowning in Spam - Anti-spam overlords threaten MCI2000 over excessive spam traffic, but the ISP staves off the Usenet Death Penalty at the 11th hour. [Wired News]   Netcom Escapes Anti-Spam Blackhole - Until last week, many Netcom subscribers found their mail bouncing with a cryptic error. They had Paul Vixie's Realtime Blackhole List to thank. [Wired News]   ORBS antispam site shut down - The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com]   On the beat with the Internet spam cops - [CNN]   Political Spamming - In a pioneering move that may herald the dawn of the cyber-campaign, hundreds of thousands of Californians will soon begin hearing from political candidates via e-mail.   Reward offered to find spammer - Wanted: One spammer. Reward offered. A San Diego software engineer who's had it with people using his domain name "live.net" to send out spam is offering a $100 reward to anyone who can deliver the offending parties--or at least their names--to him. [CNET]   Settlement in first antispam law - Stan Smith of Salem, Oregon, had never heard of junk email, let alone "spam" or any laws banning it. He just wanted to spread the word about Tahitian noni juice, which he says is pretty much a miracle cure for a wide variety of ailments. [CNET]   Spammers jump gun on legislation - Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]   The war for your e-mail box - Do we need anti-spam laws? Some Net veterans think the unthinkable. [Salon 21st]   Three ways to spamproof your in-box - PROBLEM: You're drowning in unsolicited e-mail messages. SOLUTION: Filter your incoming e-mail, contact your Internet service provider, and hunt down the culprits. [CNN]     [ 1 2 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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