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Anti-spam laws may 'do more harm than good'
News In strongly worded criticism of current legislation, Tim Muris characterised the dozen or so bills as well intentioned, but he warned they "will do little to solve the current spam problems" and could be even "less useful" than existing laws that...
[August 20, 2003, 11:10]
Anti-spam laws may 'do more harm than good'
Talkback If you then make a "HELO" on all "unknown" email addresses, and reject all "not OK" - you have eliminated the spam, and rejected no business mail. This is simpler than most issue: Demand that all SMTP packets come from a valid account.
[September 19, 2003, 15:23]
China joins anti-spam alliance
Talkback The solution to the problems posed by the use of Information Technology is the uniform application of “harmonised laws” all over the world. Thus, no “heaven” should be left for cyber criminals and that is possible only by “harmonization of Laws...
[July 5, 2005, 9:39]
Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust
Talkback Laws against spam haven't worked; filters are mediocer at best, and don't fix the root of the problem, nobody has succeded in bringing about justice. In the week that the screensaver worked, it did more to combat spam than anything else has since...
[December 6, 2004, 16:57]
Lycos launches anti-spam zombie army
Talkback I do think that the better answer is in authentication and the sooner that Microsoft or any other software developer distributes authentication software to ISP's to check addresses, headers, and even content the sooner we will see spam stopped or...
[December 2, 2004, 4:08]
Charity caught in anti-spam crossfire
Talkback Enthusiastic supporters of antispam laws stridenly assure me that no innocent party will suffer from misuse of the antispam laws. Gee, what a surprise. This kind of thing hardly ever happens. Does it?
[December 19, 2003, 17:03]
Anti Spam Engine: Time-Tested Scanning
White Papers It should be noted that spam laws are often ineffectual, for they are hard to enforce and many governments choose to turn a blind eye. The proliferation of spam will increase. Spam rose 280% from July 2007 to July 2008.
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Anti-spam war of words heats up
News Technology companies are considering options for new filters or protocol to bar spam from networks, and lawmakers are likely to put antispam laws on the front burner in the 108th Congress. Reasons behind this renewed focus may be that the volume of...
[February 21, 2003, 10:15]
Microsoft launches anti-spam court action in UK
News The US Congress and several states are drafting new laws against spam, and both companies and individuals are increasingly bringing their spam grievances to court. It also filed two suits in the United Kingdom, where the defendants are accused of...
[June 18, 2003, 8:54]
Microsoft launches anti-spam suit
News Microsoft has sued the man under Germany's competition laws, as the country has no laws prohibiting spamming. Microsoft has launched a case against a German man believed to be the lynchpin of a spam gang.
[June 21, 2005, 15:35]
Transatlantic anti-spam alliance mooted
News Many will see the presence of the FTC as one reason for optimism, given the huge role the US plays in contributing to the levels of spam and the widespread criticism of current US laws. Deborah Majoras, chairman of the FTC, said the creation of an...
[October 11, 2004, 12:55]
US anti-spam law nears reality
News All three versions of CAN-SPAM are similar, and all represent a compromise that is not as far-reaching as some anti-spam advocates had urged. They take an "opt out" approach that does not ban bulk, unsolicited email advertisements but pre-empts...
[December 9, 2003, 8:35]
Lycos anti-spam campaign bites the dust
News Lycos won huge amounts of publicity from its anti-spam tool, but also attracted a storm of criticism from experts claiming the scheme was poorly thought out and a bad idea overall. Although the campaign was short lived, legal experts believe that...
[December 6, 2004, 16:05]
Microsoft takes spam fight to source
News It says it will also offer help to Asian authorities drawing up anti-spam laws. According to reports, a large portion of the world's spam -- some say as much as 90 percent -- comes from Asia, from countries with relatively less developed anti-spam...
[June 20, 2003, 15:37]
Spam law compromised by direct marketers
News A consultation by the Department of Trade and Industry in advance of drawing up the UK's much-criticised anti-spam laws has been exposed as a sham. Andrew Sparrow, a lawyer who consulted with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and British Chamber...
[June 2, 2005, 14:10]
Americans demand anti-spam register
News They also favoured federal laws over anti-spam action at the state level. What's more, 79 percent said they want laws to ban or limit spam. Americans overwhelmingly support a do-not-spam list, according to a new study released on Wednesday by...
[July 24, 2003, 11:20]
UK firms warn of increasing spam burden
News Over half of UK businesses believe the problem of unsolicited email is getting worse, according to an official survey, bringing the government's decision to exempt business email accounts from Britain's anti-spam laws into renewed focus.
[April 1, 2004, 17:20]
California juggles anti-spam bills
News Efforts to pass tough anti-spam laws abound at the state level, and the US Congress is also considering a number of bills. Microsoft uses a megaphone to tell everyone how much it hates spam at the same time it's working overtime to kill truly tough...
[July 3, 2003, 11:49]
E-commerce needs a new hero
Leader Timms did not get everything right -- he arguably made a mess of the UK anti-spam laws by failing to protect businesses -- but he was generally a champion for the UK tech industry. If O'Brien is looking for ideas, he could start by fixing the holes...
[February 28, 2005, 11:55]
Russia and China 'behind current spam deluge'
News According to Linford, these Russian gangs aren't constrained by any anti-spam or cybercrime laws in their home country and have no respect for legislation implemented in other countries. Linford, who was scathing about the anti-spam laws that have...
[June 8, 2004, 18:20]
