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UK law failing to nail spammers

...that they would play an important part in fighting the growth of unsolicited junk mail. But critics of the regulations have said that the Information... Read more

13 December, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

MPs demand spam protection for businesses

...firms may 'rise up in anger' unless they are given protection from unsolicited junk mail Read more

6 October, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

AOL vows to see spammers in court

Having decided there isn't a major spamming operation running in the UK, AOL UK hopes to take action against offenders based elsewhere in the world Read more

10 December, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

China joins anti-spam alliance

The global fight against unsolicited junk mail has taken another step forward Read more

5 July, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

UK law smashes consumer spam

...year, it will be an offence for a British firm to send unsolicited junk mail to personal email accounts - but business addresses will remain unprotected... Read more

18 September, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

AOL attacks the spimmers

...case brought by AOL against 20 individuals accused of spimming, or sending unsolicited junk mail over to an instant messaging client or to a chat... Read more

28 October, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Take on the spammers with Aussie rules

...prominence underlines the failure of technology companies to address the issue of unsolicited junk mail. Few of our elected representatives have done any better. The... Read more

26 October, 2004 by Leader

Spam servers in China named and shamed

...over one hundred servers that it says are being used to send unsolicited junk mail across the Internet. This is the sixth time that the... Read more

30 September, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

First 'warspamming' case reaches court

...under the US CAN-SPAM act, which aims to clamp down on unsolicited junk mail. Prosecutors allege that Tombros used a laptop to sniff out... Read more

7 September, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Vodafone considers charging for mobile spam

...an attempt to prevent its mobile messaging systems becoming clogged up with unsolicited junk mail. The measures were prompted by concerns over the threats that... Read more

7 June, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

UK spammers set to avoid prosecution until 2005

...brought in last year to clamp down on UK companies who send unsolicited junk mail over the Internet is unlikely to result in any prosecutions... Read more

16 April, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Hotmail promises better spam-catching

...email service. Days after Yahoo unveiled new mechanisms for controlling spam, or unsolicited junk mail, on its free Web email service, Microsoft sent Hotmail account... Read more

24 October, 2003 by Paul Festa

Is the boss watching your email?

...study, despite its reputation as the scourge of Internet users everywhere. Although unsolicited junk mail was listed by the survey as one of the negative... Read more

19 June, 2003 by Lisa M Bowman

Americans still positive about using email

...study, despite its reputation as the scourge of internet users everywhere. Although unsolicited junk mail was listed by the survey as one of the negative... Read more

19 June, 2003 by Lisa M Bowman

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