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Spam Could Soon Be Majority Of Email
News Once a mild annoyance, unsolicited bulk email -- also known as spam -- could make up the majority of message traffic on the Internet by the end of 2002, according to data from three email service providers.
[August 29, 2002, 15:15]
Government: Our Spam Laws Won't Be Enough
News The government has admitted that its forthcoming anti-spam law will not solve the problem of unsolicited bulk email on its own. He explained that this was because of the problem of tracing spammers, and because most unsolicited bulk email comes...
[July 1, 2003, 15:34]
Business Email May Escape Spam Crackdown
News The government is considering exempting business email accounts from its forthcoming clampdown on unsolicited bulk email, a move that would give spammers the green light to continue bombarding UK workers with junk messages.
[July 2, 2003, 13:52]
Technical Solutions For Controlling Spam
White Papers Concern about the proliferation of unsolicited bulk email, or spam, has continued to grow, with the Internet community increasingly turning to both regulatory and technical solutions to alleviate the problem.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
'Spam' Label Makes Companies Wary Of Email Marketing
Talkback Their effort to redefine spam as "unsolicited, bulk, untargeted commercial email", is dishonest. I do not want to be a target for unsolicited, bulk, _targeted_ commercial email either, thank you very much.
[August 30, 2003, 22:14]
US Presidential Hopeful Spams Voters
News The campaign said Dean, the former Democratic governor of Vermont, remained opposed to unsolicited bulk email and blamed the spamming on two contractors who had promised to contact only people who had specifically requested to receive the...
[August 19, 2003, 16:00]
UK Laws May Help Spammers Look Legit
News Clive Gringras, partner at law firm Olswang, told MPs on Thursday that the proposed legislation would not make the necessary impact on the escalating problem of unsolicited bulk email. Linford said that 90 percent of the world's unsolicited bulk...
[July 4, 2003, 11:30]
US ISPs Take Action Under New Anti-spam Law
News In the complaints, the companies claim that the accused spammers have sent deceptive solicitations for a variety of products, including get-rich-quick schemes, prescription drugs, pornography, instructions for conducting spam campaigns, banned CDs...
[March 11, 2004, 7:55]
Spammers Face Lawsuits And Jail
News The CSA joins a crowded field of at least eight other proposals, each taking a different approach to the growing problem of unsolicited bulk email that has roiled the Internet industry and driven many people and email providers to distraction.
[June 20, 2003, 9:27]
Spammers Conscript Home PCs To Do Dirty Work
News Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked Congress for greater power to pursue and penalise those who send unsolicited bulk email. The 30,000 computers represent about 14 percent of the total open relays from which MessageLabs...
[June 27, 2003, 13:03]
AOL Redefines Spam
News Perhaps the biggest change is AOL's redefinition of spam, up till now considered unsolicited bulk email, to include instant messaging and chat-room postings. You may not use AOL's communication tools, such as email, instant messaging and chat...
[July 9, 2003, 13:56]
Government Rules Out Wider Spam Protection - For Now
News Unsolicited bulk commercial email is not a workable marketing tool whether directed at personal or business email addresses because of the ease with which the mechanism can be abused. Legitimate businesses in the UK cannot anyway send unsolicited...
[April 7, 2004, 16:10]
Spammers Try Fooling Filters With Digital Signatures
News Unsolicited bulk email likely makes up a third of the email traffic seen on the Internet; some reports put the ratio as high as 1-in-2. Bulk emailers are digitally signing unsolicited messages in hopes of bypassing popular filtering programs, but...
[October 13, 2003, 9:40]
Asian Spammers 'hijack Broadband PCs'
News Unsolicited bulk email probably makes up a third of the email traffic seen on the Internet. These "new breed" spam relays -- computers configured to send out thousands of unsolicited bulk emails -- have become more common as more homes and business...
[October 21, 2003, 9:30]
Fighting The War Against Spam Mail: Internet Light And Power Battles Back
White Papers This paper will outline the definition of Unsolicited Bulk Email and the costs associated it. Built on the strength of the permission engine and Adaptive Inheritance, iPermitMail ensures only authorized email is received.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Using MDaemon AntiSpam For Spam Control
White Papers To help stop Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE), also known as spam, modern email servers must have configuration options to prevent unauthorized relaying of email messages. More than 50% of all email messages are unsolicited and usually unwelcome.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Transatlantic Anti-spam Alliance Mooted
News Representatives from a variety of worldwide legislative and governmental bodies, including the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), are meeting in London this week to discuss how a united front can help to crack down on the problem of unsolicited...
[October 11, 2004, 12:55]
“Not In My Inbox”
White Papers The junk has many names such as Unsolicited Bulk Mail (UBE), Unsolicited Commercial Mail (UCE), SPAM, and it elicits many opinions such as ""It costs businesses money"", ""It makes businesses money"", ""You don't have to read it"" etc.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
IA Corporate Email Server
Downloads The spam control tools help you block unsolicited bulk e-mail, and the SmartPOP feature allows your organization to consolidate multiple POP accounts or utilize a single account for your company's e-mail.
[December 23, 2006, 21:46]
Email Promotion White Paper
White Papers It is not secret that "spam", or unsolicited emails, are becoming a sensitive issue in the Internet community. In general, any email sent without request, solicit commercial action, or sent in bulk to recipients without a prior relationship can be...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
