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Spam Bill Making Headway In US Pt I
News But even if 99.9 percent of all recipients reject a 100,000 e-mail spam where the goal is to get a victim's bank account information, the scam artists walk off with 100 checking accounts for a few seconds' work.
[June 16, 2000, 11:25]
Market Software Using Highly Targeted Direct Messaging
White Papers It explains why the e-mail marketing techniques that most independent software vendors (ISVs) have traditionally relied on are proving so ineffective in a world of spam blocking and CAN-SPAM legislation.
[April 4, 2008, 0:00]
E-Communications Directive: MEPs Vote On Cookie Compromise
News Spam e-mail and SMS: in relation to unsolicited marketing communications, the debate has centred on whether the approach should be "opt-in" (meaning that marketers may only target those individuals who have given express prior consent) or "opt-out...
[June 11, 2002, 16:02]
Fighting Spam
White Papers The issue of Spam has been dominating the world of e-mail and e-mail marketing off late. This paper outlines the menace of spam and solutions to manage it. The original spam control technique was real-time black listing of servers.
[April 27, 2004, 0:00]
How To Control Your Permission-Based E-mail Messaging Environment
White Papers The paper provides certain points that will minimize the risk of spam and maximize investment in permission-based e-mail, as part of the overall marketing and communications strategies. Permission-based e-mail communications helps in building a...
[April 27, 2004, 0:00]
How Does Your Current Email Marketing Effort Measure-up?
White Papers If used poorly, it will simply be considered spam by recipients and discarded - wasting time and money. The paper provides some simple aspects of successful e-mail campaigns that yield the type of results that both sales and marketing can agree on...
[May 1, 2004, 0:00]
'Wardriver' First To Be Convicted Under US Anti-spam Law
News In July, the Massachusetts Attorney General's office filed suit against a Florida man suspected of sending spam e-mail to thousands of consumers. Since it became law, Can-Spam has failed to generate significant litigation, despite the continued...
[October 1, 2004, 9:35]
Christmas Brings Inbox Overload
News Brightmail's statistics show the amount of spam is still rising month on month -- a fact which points to a bumper December for spam-plagued mail servers. In the run-up to Christmas the amount of spam email being sent and received looks set to soar...
[December 13, 2002, 11:04]
Data Protection Law May Outlaw Spamming
News But David Johnson, commercial director at Virgin Net, does not believe the law will stop the plethora the junk e-mails, more commonly known as spam. The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is currently working on a voluntary e-mail preference service.
[October 26, 1998, 17:17]
Spam Inquiry To Focus On International Laws
News Spam is an increasing problem not only for individuals, who often see their mail boxes fill up with junk emails offering everything from spam-blocking software to untold riches, but also for ISPs and for any company that runs corporate email servers.
[June 16, 2003, 11:20]
Net Politics Focus: Net Bills Hanging In The Balance
News With bills on unsolicited bulk e-mail (aka "spam"), consumer Internet privacy, and federal Internet hookup subsidies for schools still pending in Congress, other issues are likely to take precedence on the legislative agenda in this election year...
[August 5, 1998, 10:06]
Court Victory In The Fight Against Spam
News A British businessman has won what is believed to be the first court victory of its kind in the fight against spam. Nigel Roberts, who lives in Alderney in the Channel Islands, won his case against Media Logistics UK which he had accused of sending...
[December 28, 2005, 12:20]
Spam Bill Making Headway In US Pt II
News Its filters work a bit like antivirus software -- the company has dummy mailboxes all around the Internet, and when one of them receives spam, the offending e-mail is immediately blacklisted. But the number that appeared in the spam mail was found...
[June 16, 2000, 11:52]
ZDNet UK's Mail Room
News Now that is called 1 to 1 marketing -- not spam! Story Deja News caught storing e-mail records Story: Anti-spammers hobble Oxfam's Kosovo e-mail campaign Oxfam needs some advice on modern "Permission Marketing" techniques -- in that way they'll...
[April 30, 1999, 13:51]
Wireless Data Mining Is Watching You
News That makes some analysts nervous that DigiMine's corporate clients could use the data to spam people -- sending unsolicited e-mail or advertisements -- with targeted ads whenever their devices are turned on.
[June 19, 2001, 8:56]
Netcom Off The Hook
News He added that Netcom is equally concerned about e-mail spam, but is approaching the situation differently. Spam is actually .making newsgroups almost inoperable, and that's contrary to what the Internet is all about," said Gene Shimshock, Netcom's...
[March 3, 1998, 10:29]
Spam Law Risks Blocking Genuine Sales Pitches
Talkback Surely any unsolicated e-mail is classed as spam by the recipient. I do not want any unsolicated mail as I will actively go out and research a product if I want to buy it, i will never respond to an e-mail and end up purchasing a product just...
[April 7, 2004, 13:01]
The Accountable Net: Let's Take Back Paradise!
White Papers E-mail marketing is less effective because of spam and phishing schemes; businesses register their competitors' domain names to woo their unsuspecting customers; individuals are able to steal and use the good credit of people with similar names.
[June 13, 2005, 0:00]
New Back Orifice-like Trojan Horse Found
News BackDoor-G is being sent out in spam mail, according to Sal Viveros, group marketing manager at Network Associates. The Trojan horse arrives in a user's e-mail posing as a screen saver or game update, but once executed, it turns the victim's PC...
[May 28, 1999, 8:51]
Email Meltdown Claims Slammed
News Earthlink, which runs both a dial-up and a broadband service, said it has noticed a gradual increase in spam volume coming from its legitimate mail servers since the beginning of 2004. Security vendors have accused anti-spam experts at Spamhaus of...
[February 4, 2005, 13:10]
