Spam, the scourge of inboxes everywhere. Until recently, I used SpamArrest -- a server-side challenge/response system that worked quite well for the most part -- to keep it out of my inbox. But I'm a cheapskate (no, seriously, I have a whole blog to prove it), so I decided to try some...
Technological anti-spam advances, together with enforcement of the CAN-SPAM Act, have reduced the amount of spam reaching consumer inboxes, according to the Federal Trade Commission FTC. In a report to Congress, "Effectiveness and Enforcement of the CANSPAM Act," the ETC concludes that the act is effective in providing protection for...
The Federal Trade Commission, the agency in charge of fighting spam, reported in late December that the problem of unsolicited e-mail is shrinking. “We’re making progress,” says Lydia Parnes, director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection. According to the FTC, antispam filtering technology and the two-year-old Can-Spam Act...
WASHINGTON AP -- Those annoying "spam" e-mails for Viagra or low-rate mortgages that clog computer users' mailboxes appear to be on the decline, federal regulators said Tuesday. In a report to Congress, the Federal Trade Commission said the anti-spam law that took effect two years ago has helped...
GOLDEN, Colo. -- First day of ISPCON will Kick Off with an Exclusive First-Look at Innovative and Industry Changing Products at the Press Sneak Peek Session ISPCON organizer, The Golden Group, today announces the line-up for the Press Sneak Peek Session on October 18, 2005 at the Santa Clara...
WASHINGTON AFP — Three people were indicted and a fourth pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the first case related to the transmission of obscene spam e-mails under a 2003 US anti-spam law, officials said. The US Justice Department said late Thursday the charges target an operation that sent...
WASHINGTON AFP — A judge sentenced a man to nine years in prison for violating anti-spam laws by sending out millions of unsolicited e-mails using fake addresses, authorities said. Loudon County, Virginia, Circuit Judge sentenced Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, North Carolina, accepting the recommendation of a jury that convicted...
Federal authorities are quietly carrying out a series of raids against the nation's biggest suspected spam operators in their most aggressive actions yet. Sometimes striking in the early morning, FBI agents and other law enforcement in recent weeks have pounced on ventures in Florida, Arizona, New Jersey and New...
WASHINGTON AFP — A man convicted of violating anti-spam laws by sending out tens of thousands of unsolicited e-mails using fake addresses faces nine years in prison in Virgina, an anti-spam group said. The Spamhaus Project, which tracks spam and suspected spammers, said a court in Virginia recommended the...
By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 8--Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly declared a victory in the war on unwanted e-mail yesterday, as a Florida spammer agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a state lawsuit charging violations of...
NEW YORK -- A row over intellectual property claims from Microsoft Corp. has dealt a fatal blow to an ambitious effort by Internet engineers to create a technical standard for curbing junk e-mail. The failure to reach consensus on the Microsoft-championed proposal known as Sender ID throws back...
News, Trends & AnalysisThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC told Congress that a national "do-not-spam" e-mail registry could not be enforced effectively, would not reduce the amount of spam consumers receive, and might even increase it.In the CAN-SPAM law passed last December, Congress...
Take a quick glance at the volume of spam you're still getting each day and you'll conclude--accurately--that a recent federal law targeting unsolicited "junk" e-mail isn't having much of an impact. The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, dubbed "Can-Spam," has done little to...
M2 PRESSWIRE-12 July 2004-ITU: Wave of optimism as ITU WSIS meeting on countering spam closes; Priority actions identified to curb spamC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07092004 Geneva - Participants at the ITU WSIS thematic meeting on countering spam which concluded its work...
By Tim Lemke, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 10--Developing countries need help in fighting the tidal wave of junk e-mail known as spam, but also must pass tough laws to address the problem, government and technology experts said this...
Officials at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC have declined to endorse the creation of a government-run "Do-Not-Spare" registry. Although programs such as the government's Do-Not-Call list are active and growing, FTC analysts contend that a spam-based registry could not work because it would only generate...
Take a quick glance at the volume of spam you're still getting each day and you'll conclude-accurately-that a recent federal law targeting unsolicited "junk" e-mail isn't having much of an impact. The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003, dubbed "Can-Spam," has done little to deter...
By Barbara Rose, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 16--Fearing action would worsen a surging problem, federal regulators said Tuesday they will not create a national do-not-spam registry to protect consumers from being bombarded by e-mail offers for everything from ...
WASHINGTON AFP ? The US government's main consumer protection agency said it was not ready to launch a "do not e-mail registry" to curb spam, saying it could not be effectively enforced. The Federal Trade Commission said in a report to Congress that such a plan -- based on...
Fresh on the heels of a new report indicating computer spam will set large companies back nearly $2,000 per employee in lost productivity this year, the Anne Arundel Tech Council will take up the issue at a seminar this morning. Al Saxon, chairman of the council's program committee,...
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