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» A Third of Work E-Mail Wastes Time
   A new study finds at least 34 percent of e-mail messages at work contain irrelevant information. [ABCNEWS.com]
   http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97091

» Anti-spam group makes up with pollster
   A controversial anti-spam group agrees to remove a polling and market research firm from its database of suspected junk e-mailers. [C|Net]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-272039.html

» BBC News: EU laws target junk mail spam
   Consumers across Europe who have been plagued by junk e-mails and phone messages are being told that new laws are on the way to control them.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1706221.stm

» Bill aims to block wireless junk email
   In our wireless world, can solicitors find you anywhere within cell range if you have a data-ready wireless phone turned on? [CNET.com]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-250796.html

» CNET.com: Inside the spammer's world
   Recent court decisions upholding laws against unsolicited e-mails will increasingly focus attention on a few individuals who send out the majority of such unwanted advertising messages.
   http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071-281499.html

» CNN: Euro ministers agree on spam 'n' cookies
   European telecommunication ministers have agreed that unsolicited e-mail and wireless text messages should be prohibited under a new data protection law.
   http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/12/07/euro.spam.cookies.idg/index.html

» Can Spam Ever Be Stopped?
   Activists decry a loophole in proposed U.S. anti-spam laws that would allow each spammer to send one unsolicited e-mail before an ISP could take action against the spammer. [E-Commerce Times]
   http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/9581.html

» Data protection: "Junk" e-mail costs internet users 10 billion a year worldwide
   Internet subscribers world-wide are unwittingly paying an estimated €10 billion a year in connection costs just to receive "junk" e-mails, according to a study undertaken for the European Commission.
   http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/01/154

» E-mails laden with real news — and rumors
   The stock market was plummeting Monday. Everything was crazy. And as if that weren't enough, Salomon Smith Barney in Alexandria, Va., was inundated with strange phone calls. [USA Today]
   http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001/09/20/ebrief.htm

» EBay E-mail Makes Users 'Bidder'
   Auction site eBay has apparently decided that users of its service who said no really meant yes. So, in an attempt to "help" its users, the company has informed many of them, by e-mail, that their marketing preferences were automatically being changed. [W
   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/01/41086

» Euro spam vote in limbo
   The European parliament has bungled its latest attempt to outlaw spam. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/07/euro_spam_vote_in_limbo/

» Europe bottles spam ban
   A European committee has blocked plans to outlaw unsolicited commercial email dealing a major blow to anti-spam supporters. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/07/11/europe_bottles_spam_ban/

» Europe warms to spam ban
   Lobbyists for the European Internet industry believe their campaign for a ban on spam is gaining momentum. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/11/europe_warms_to_spam_ban/

» Evil spammers jailed for two years
   Two Los Angeles men are to go to jail for their part in a bulk email scam which duped 12,000 people and severely impacted the operations of several large US ISPs. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/03/evil_spammers_jailed_for_two/

» Fixing a Hole Where Spam Comes In
   ISPs are battling rogue spammers lurking in the back alleys and hidden corners of their networks. As the fighting heats up, more and more legitimate e-mail is getting blocked along with the junk. [Wired]
   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/07/45343

» Hotmail spam filters block outgoing e-mail
   Ben Johnson has been sending e-mail for months from his Hotmail account, but he just discovered that some of them were diverted to the trash before arriving at their destination. [CNET.com]
   http://news.cnet.com/2009-1023-251171.html

» Infamous Spammer Spammed
   In what some see as a perfect example of the evidence of cosmic retribution, an avalanche of spam has crashed British Internet service provider Pipex's servers, and stopped delivery of e-mail to its million-plus users for the past week. [Wired]
   http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/01/41239

» MSN opts for Brightmail anti-spam defence
   MSN has signed up with Brightmail to stop its email users getting spammed. The ISP will offer its five million email users in the US the option of Brightmail's Anti-Spam Solution. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/04/12/msn_opts_for_brightmail_antispam/

» Official: Spam costs E10 billion
   Spam costs Net users a whopping E10 billion ($9.33 billion) a year, according to the European Commission. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/02/official_spam_costs_e10_billion/

» Spam Oozes Past Border Patrol
   Last week, Reps. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) and Gene Green (D-Texas) reintroduced a bill they claimed "empowers consumers and their ISP with the ability to protect both their privacy and their resources" by restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail. [Wired]
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/02/41860

» Spam Report: U.S. Regulators Ignore Most Junk E-Mail
   To date, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has only gone after spam in cases in which deceptive advertising was being prosecuted. Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) itself, regardless of its contents, has not been a target. [E-Commerce News]
   http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/13397.html

» Spam filters may feed Web marketing
   Some popular free Web services are playing both sides of the fence when it comes to protecting consumers from pesky marketers, offering to block junk e-mail while they help advertisers push promotions into customers' in-boxes. [CNET.com]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-251555.html

» Spammer Gets Spammed
   [Slashdot]
   http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/18/1645243

» Spammer wrecks UUNet email service
   UUNet customers have been left stranded without access to their email for the last 36 hours after the outfit took a "very big hit" from spammers earlier this week. [The Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/12/spammer_wrecks_uunet_email_service/

» Spammers face felony charges
   Californians Michael Persaud, 24, of San Diego and Frank Kriticos, 25, of Santee will answer felony criminal charges of spamming and so earn the distinction of being the first people so charged in that state, according to a story in the local Union Tribun
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/03/15/spammers_face_felony_charges/

» The Register: ORBS' death
   Alan Brown makes a short response to the news that ORBS is shutting down.
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/05/orbs_death_alan_brown_replies/

» U.S. representatives mount attack on spam
   A bill designed to give consumers and ISPs greater control over a flood of unwanted e-mail, commonly known as spam, was introduced Wednesday by the same U.S. representatives who sponsored the legislation in the last Congress. [CNN]
   http://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/16/attack.on.spam.idg/index.html

» UK marketeers to challenge EU email ban
   The British marketing industry has begun the fight back against European Union proposals to ban all unsolicited emails. [Guardian Unlimited]
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/jan/19/newmedia.marketingandpr

» Walking the Line Between E-Mail and Spam
   Getting people to say yes to marketing e-mails, and then getting them the messages that are most likely to make them buy, is a thriving industry of its own. [E-Commerce Times]
   http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/8966.html

» What Was EBay's E-Mail Motive?
   EBay is either a scheming marketing company or an innocent victim of mass paranoia launched by a well-intentioned e-mail it sent to its users. [Wired]
   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/01/41116

» Wired: Axed Intel Man Loses E-Mail Case
   Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi remains barred from targeting Intel employees with bulk e-mail.
   http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/12/49031

» Wired: Plenty of Spam for the Holidays
   Attention, spamees: Don't take your hand off the delete key. Indications are that plenty more spam is on its way.
   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/12/48481

» Wired: Wham, Bam, Thank You Spam
   A small claims court judge in Bellevue, Washington, awarded Bennett Haselton $2,000 for getting spam.
   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/12/49089

» Wired: When Tragedy Hits, So Does Spam
   Before the rubble had even stopped smoking from Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C., spammers were trying to capitalize on the tragedy.
   http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/09/46775

» eBay sellers say new anti-spam system is backfiring
   The auction giant's new system that was designed to limit spam is forcing some sellers to weed through even more junk mail to find legitimate messages from bidders. [c|net]
   http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-253251.html