Home Personal Homepage Mariners Blog Recipe Blog Comments welcome by email. I don't care if you disagree with me but name-calling and cussing are not acceptable. Comments that are just rude and not relevant will not be posted. « # Pacific NW Blogs ? » My Blogroll Blogroll Me! Enter your email address below to subscribe to Carol's Chaotic Collection of Curiosities ! powered by Bloglet	Sunday, April 11, 2004   Spam News § - I Fought the Scammer... and I Won He's asked his name and is told that he might like to come down for a chat in the local station. He says his wallet and ID are in the booth, so he walks in, rips a USB memory stick from the side of his laptop, tries to swallow it and makes a run for it. Detective number 1 grabs and tries to cuff him, detective 2 starts to do the same. § - Incredible Bulk It's oddly intimate, watching the spammers and the anti-spammers mill around each other like this. It feels like a temporary ceasefire in a vicious war that to most of us seems to be a stalemate. § - Postini Antispam Patent Could Cause Headaches If enforced, the patent, which covers an e-mail "pre-processing service" could grant Postini legal ownership of a wide range of antispam and e-mail security methods. However, some industry experts doubt that the patent, filed in September 2000, will stand up to legal scrutiny. § - Spam Gets Its Claws in the U.N. Stopping spam would be an excellent test case for judging the benefits of global cooperation and U.N. involvement as it concerns the Internet. § - Spam Responsible for Most Whois Complaints Spammers trying to hide their identities are believed to be the main cause of people complaining about inaccurate Whois data... Over 20% of the approximately 24,000 confirmed complaints about inaccurate records that were received between September 2002 and February 2004 mentioned "spam" in the text of the complaint. § - Spam Works on Some People – and We All Suffer What it all comes down to is that uninformed people are making decisions that affect everyone on the Internet. Australia/New Zealand Anger Fuels Attack on 'Worm Zombies' Anti-Spam Company Positive About Aust Spam Act Anti-Spam Legislation Comes Into Effect Concerns Over Time Frame of Spam Act Implementation Experts Dissect Aust Spam Act Firms Face $1m Fines for Sending Spam Minister Plans Anti-Spam Bill Numbers Up for Unwanted Spam Spam Fines Hit Business Spam Law Comes Into Effect Spam Law Risks Blocking Genuine Sales Pitches Bloggers Tackle the Topic 212.199.169.153 Is a Comment Spammer Amazing New Drug! AT&T Dancing Around the Do-Not-Call List? Bandwidth Is a Limited Resource Comment Spam Comment Spam? How about Spam Blogs! Commented Spammed E-mail Tagged as Spam Is It You? Nigerian E-mail Scam Lingers Like Bad Odor Phone Spam The Scum of the Earth Spam Spam and Its Consequences The Middle Initial Really Sells It       Spam Names Part II       Spam Names - The One Where B Is Most Common SPAM Witches What's Wrong With Spam Filters This Is Too Funny Cellphone/Messaging Spam IM Spam Set to Triple Spam as Spim: Not Just Email Spam Being Rapidly Outpaced by 'Spim' Spam Monster Eyes Another Target When Instant Messages Come Bearing Malice Economics Anti-Spam a Billion Dollar Industry Email Spam All's Fair in Politics and Spam Anti-Spam Legislation a Wasted Effort? A Better Way to Squelch Spam? Big Business of Fighting Spam to Get Bigger CAN-SPAM and Beyond: Email Marketing in an Era of Customer Control Canning Spam Commtouch Reports 60% of All Spam in March Originated from the United States Computer Spam Mail Spreading at an Alarming Rate Dot-Mail Domain Proposed as Spam Solution Half of All Email Is Now Spam I Was Addicted to Spam Lawmakers Looking for SPAM Solution Let's Try Starving the Spam Monster Mailblocks Program Stops Spam, Saves Hassles Mounting Business Losses Boost Anti-Spam Market New .mail Domain Designed to Slow Spam Nobody's Anonymous: Tracking Spam (PDF) Orcon Blames Rising Tide of Spam Progress in War Against Spam Still Hit or Miss Pump'n'dump Spam? Hooray! Rise of the Spambusters Software Could Help Keep Spam Off Your Plate Spam Continues to Flow – Unabated Spam Increasing Despite New Law Spam Increasing, MX Logic Says SPAM Rising at Alarming Rates Spam Still Exploding Despite Law to Ban Junk E-mail Spam Still Growing, CAN-SPAM No Deterrent Spam: The Unintended Consequence of Ecommerce Spam Thrives Despite New Law Spamhaus ICANN Proposal Aims to Stop Spam in Its Tracks Stupid Virus E-Mails TM Domain Leads Anti-Spam Charge Web Seniors More Wary of Opening Spam Europe British Business Battered by Spam Government Rules Out Wider Spam Protection – For Now EU Orders Legislation on Spam, Cookies EU to Legislate Spam, Cookies Europe Pushes Stiff Antispam Law Europe's War on E-mail Spam Claims First Scalps Experts Anticipate Spam Surge Spam Clampdown Starts to Win Victories UK Firms Warn of Increasing Spam Burden Filtering Filter Flaw Vexes Hotmail, Yahoo MailWasher Pro Enhances Spam Filter Spam Blockades at the Gateway and on the Desktop How NOT to Spam How to Use a Do Not Email List for Protection from CAN-SPAM Lawsuits - Part II: Vendors Profiled Humor & Other Odd Bits Spam Goes Where No One Has Gone Before Litigation 'Buffalo Spammer' Convicted Nigerian Jailed for E-mail Scam Spam Clampdown Starts to Win Victories Spammer's Porsche Up for Grabs U.S. Woman Joins Brother as "Spam" Defendant Nigerian Scam FDIC Spam Scam More Convincing Than Most Nigerian Jailed for E-mail Scam Phishing FDIC Spam Scam More Convincing Than Most The Pink Stuff from Hormel All SPAM Restaurant Opens in the Philippines Hormel Foods Creates Spam Day at St. Paul, Minn., Capitol Building Look Out, Here It comes Again: Waikiki Spam Jam Spam Jam in Waikiki Waikiki SPAM® Jam Kicks Off With Worlds Largest SPAM® Musubi Press Releases BT Syntegra Exposes the Hidden Costs of Spam – Reinforcing the Importance of Message Protection – Including Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus and Message Management Technologies Iowa Telecom Launches New SPAM Filtering Product MX Logic Reports Spam Traffic Increases 4 Percent Since January and 67 Percent from One Year Ago Proofpoint Offers Free Spam Audit Service for Large Enterprises SafemaiL.com Offers First 100% Spam Free, Virus Free, and Secure Messaging Email System Sophos Fights Spam With Leading Anti-Spam Experts in Anti-Spam Asia 2004 Conference Trend Micro Anti-Spam Solutions Gain Customer, Market and Technology Momentum in North America Webroot Software Introduces Spam Shredder Self Defense Stand and Fight: An Arsenal for Spam Victims Stop Forwarding Spam Telemarketing New York Surpasses $1 Million "Do Not Call" Telemarketing Cases United States Bloomington, Ind., Officials Talk About Efforts to Combat Spam Legislation Would Help UI Battle Spam More Time to Comment on Spam Regulation The Red, White and Blue of Spam Viruses, Trojans Anger Fuels Attack on 'Worm Zombies' NetSky Variant a Greater Threat Than Thought 8:48:39 PM     © Copyright 2005 Carol Andrus. 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