Gates: Spam erodes trust in technology
News In the six years since the first federal antispam bill was proposed, multiple bills have stalled in Congress for lack of consensus. In another antispam move, Microsoft joined with AOL and Yahoo in April to sketch a broad outline calling for...
[May 22, 2003, 12:26]
US antispam measure heads for legal status
News The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to approve antispam legislation that could end more than six years of failed attempts to create a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial email.
[November 24, 2003, 9:55]
MSN, Yahoo! and AOL join to fight spam
News The companies said they will continue to work with law enforcement to deter those who fraudulently skirt antispam filters or otherwise violate applicable law. Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, also has proposed legislation to combat spam.
[April 28, 2003, 14:23]
Blue Security attack linked to blog crashes
Talkback I subsribed to Blue Security in April 2006 on the back of the latest enhancement to the Mailwasher antispam tool. It merely automates the opt-out process laid down in the US CanSpam legislation. I think it's worth pointing out that Blue Security...
[May 11, 2006, 15:48]
Welcome to yet another year of viruses review
Reviews In addition to running a good anti-virus/firewall combination, such as Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet Security 11, on your system, we recommend installing a good spam blocker, such as Norton AntiSpam 2004 (included in Norton Internet Security...
[January 12, 2004, 8:15]
Viruses: Back with a vengeance in 2004
News In addition to running a good antivirus/firewall combination, such as Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet Security 2004, on your system, I recommend installing a good spam blocker, such as Norton AntiSpam 2004 or Qurb.
[January 5, 2004, 10:10]
Gates keynote emphasises security
News Aiming to counter the growing threat from unsolicited email, Microsoft is also adding more powerful antispam software to its messaging programs, including the server-based Exchange software, PC-based Outlook 2003 and Internet-based Hotmail.
[November 17, 2003, 8:25]
Tips for dealing with spam
News To help combat this growing problem, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced on 16 June in a bulk email to 75,000 customers that Microsoft is supporting a number of antispam initiatives and is levelling 15 lawsuits against spammers in the United...
[July 18, 2003, 14:13]
Spammers face lawsuits and jail
News Antispam sentiment on Capitol Hill spiked on Thursday, with one bill voted out of committee and another proposal introduced that would set lengthy prison terms for senders of junk mail. Grosso also said the legislation does not take into account...
[June 20, 2003, 9:27]
Transatlantic anti-spam alliance mooted
News Although feeling within the antispam community is that there is no legislating for end-user error the OFT's Vickers believes educating all end users is still as important as using limited resources to target the big wins at the ISP level.
[October 11, 2004, 12:55]
Microsoft going after Hotmail spammers
News Microsoft said that legal action was only one part of its antispam campaign. Microsoft is turning up the heat on spam, filing a lawsuit to go after people it suspects of having harvested email addresses from its Hotmail servers to spam subscribers.
[February 19, 2003, 7:50]
