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July 18, 2000 |
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House Passes Anti-Spam Bill |
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The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed a bill that would limit the use of unsolicited e-mail advertising, more commonly known as "spam."
In a vote of 427 to 1, House lawmakers almost unanimously passed H.R. 3113, the Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act, which bans spam unless it includes a return e-mail address that recipients can use to opt out of getting further unwanted messages. ... »
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July 13, 2000 |
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Hotmail punts user email addresses to advertisers |
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A glitch in the code at Hotmail has resulted in subscribers' email addresses being sent
to online advertisers, the company conceded yesterday. This is not a problem unique to the
Microsoft site, but it is the latest in a string of embarrassing technical problems for the
free emailer. ... »
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July 1, 2000 |
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When You Send Spam to Yourself |
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Carl Toups usually doesn't blink at unsolicited junk mail in his Hotmail account, but a piece of spam recently caught his eye.
It looked like he sent an ad for a dream vacation to himself, because his email address appeared on the "sender" line.
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June 22, 2000 |
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Navy sends underwater emails |
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The Navy has developed a way of transmitting emails underwater, New Scientist reports.
Until now, the e-revolution has been of limited benefit to Navy submariners,
since radio waves do not travel well through water. To transmit data, submarines have
had to come to the surface, thus revealing their position to the enemy. ... »
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June 16, 2000 |
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Spam filters don't work shock new survey |
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Spam filters designed to weed out unsolicited email don't work, according to the findings
of a recent US study. The tests — carried out by eTesting Labs (formerly known as ZDNet's
in-house techies) — measured the "effectiveness and accuracy of server-level anti-spam
solutions employed by email service providers, irrespective of any filters operating on
a user's PCs". ... »
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May 24, 2000 |
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Five sacked by Rolls Royce for porno emails |
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Rolls Royce has sacked five people at its Bristol office for using its corporate
network for sending "grossly offensive" hardcore porn. The employees were given
their marching orders a fortnight ago although their dismissals were subject to
an independent appeal. ... »
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May 2, 2000 |
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Keep Your Email Database Current |
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Moving is a fact of life for many people each year, and while the U. S. Postal Service
can help update physical addresses, tracking the web addresses of nomadic customers can
be a real challenge for web marketers. Maintaining the accuracy of email addresses in
your database takes extra effort that sometimes involves turning to traditional postal
mail to stay in contact with your audience. ... »
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April 24, 2000 |
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Other Ways to Fry Spam |
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The Chickenboners and the Lumber Cartel are waging a war over your email box.
"Chickenboners" is the less-than-loving nickname bestowed upon spammers by anti-spam activists, says Spamcop's Julian Haight.
It refers to "those trailer-trash people that transmit spam from free AOL accounts to make enough money for their next bucket of KFC," Haight said. ... »
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March 31, 2000 |
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UK ISP Wins Legal Battle in Spam Wars |
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A small London Internet firm has taken on Sam Khuri, the man behind Benchmark Print Supply, a bulk e-mail specialist in the US, and won.
The court settlement involves Atlanta, Ga.-based Benchmark paying the firm, BiblioTech, an undisclosed sum in damages, as well as committing to pay an extra $1,000 to any individual affected by future spamming activities. ... »
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March 22, 2000 |
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Beaver College Not a Filter Fave |
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In 1927, the following dirty little ditty was published in an anthology of American folk verse:
She took off her clothes from her head to her toes and a voice at the keyhole yelled, 'Beaver!'
Poof, "beaver" had a new meaning in the English language. Poof, little Beaver College, founded in 1853 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, had the seeds of a PR problem. ... »
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