Search The Directory The Web for Home > Computers > Internet > Abuse > Spam > News > 1999 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:   Anti-Spammers Opt for Opt-In - A freshly launched company called Whitehat.com sets out to lead companies into marketing by email in a nice, polite way.   Antispam Group Criticizes EU Proposal - The EU declined to pass anti-spam legislation. instead supporting an 'opt-out' register. [The Industry Standard]   Big Fine for Spamming AOL Members - AOL sues Christian Brothers for spamming. [New York Law Journal]   Bill Would Slam Spammers With Fines - A proposed anti-spam bill would create a national opt-out list and prevent spammers from forging addresses. [apbnews.com]   Congress Slams Spam as Spam Slams It - The House of Representatives got a dose of what spam -- unsolicited e-mail -- is all about when a Democratic House aide sent a mass e-mailing hawking weight-loss pills sold over the Internet. [apbnews.com]   Congress Takes On Spam - The e-attention of Washington lawmakers is turning to the scourge of unsolicited email. Will this result in useful legislation, or just a lot of posturing? [ISP-Planet]   DMA and FTC Call for Limited Spam Legislation - [Direct Newsline]   Direct mail double cross? - A 'Spam Summit' highlights the differences between the actions of the Direct Marketers' Association and the desires of the anti-spam community. [Salon Technology}   EU Says 'No To Spam, Yes To E-Commerce' - In an attempt to foster e-commerce, the European Union (EU) assembly proposed a set of rules this week that would, among other things, work toward diminishing unsolicited junk e-mail -- otherwise known as spam. [E-Commerce Times]   FTC slams 'spam' - FTC study details the burden of junk e-mail. Report recommends spammers not be permitted to disguise their addresses. [CNN]   Fuzzy 'censorship' gripes make real thing possible - An article about what free speech is.   ISPs and Spam Enforcement... - Where CAN you go next if your ISP refuses to do something about the growing amount of SPAM in your inbox? [Slashdot]   NSI threatens to sue Blackhole List operator - Network Solutions threatens to sue an antispam group if it adds them to a spam blacklist. [CNET]   NetCreations Creates First Co-op Database for E-Mail - E-mail marketing service provider NetCreations is forming the first "opt-in" database for e-mail addresses. [Direct Newsline]   Online petition against Spam - Online petition by EU web users against spam. Site is German but text is English.   Spam scam slams a chain of fools - Article about pyramid schemes. Includes contact information to find out more about fraud. [USA Today]   Spamming from the book is still junk - Describes "dictionary spamming" method by which spammers can guess email addresses of users on certain email providers. [USA Today]   Study: Spam delivers bad news for ISPs - Study shows more users than expected blame their ISPs for spam. [ZDNet]   Survey Finds Surfers Blame ISPs for Spam - A new survey shows that e-mail users are not only annoyed by spam, but that many have and will do something about it by changing their Internet Service Provider in order to reduce or eliminate it. [Direct Newsline]   Telstra slammed for spam - Telstra's spamming attracts the attention of an Australian anti-spam group. [ZDNet Australia]     [ 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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