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	Tuesday, May 18, 2004   Spam News What with malfunctions of both body and computer, I've gotten rather behind with the spam headlines. Sorry about that. Hope that not all of these links are stale! § - Guide to Spamming the Spammers "A large portion fall on dead addresses," he says. "I pick and choose my attacks based on whether I think they'll go to a real person." § - Happy Spamiversary On April 12, 1994, a pair of attorneys in Arizona launched a homemade marketing software program that forever changed the Internet. § - Spam Salvation Paul Boutin well remembers the mid-'90s, when many IT pros believed that putting everybody online would be disastrous for workplace productivity. They were right, he says, but not for the reasons they thought. The naysayers of that era envisioned time-frittering online diversions. They weren't fretting about spam, which has effectively reduced e-mail to a massive time and productivity sink. § - Spam Sleuths Follow the Money The government's first criminal case under a new law outlawing some types of spam e-mails was based on low-tech investigative methods: Authorities followed the money. "We buy the product and see who charges our credit card. It's virtually impossible to trace the e-mail itself." § - Va. Man Wins Spammer's Car in AOL Giveaway Margaret Chase said she was thrilled for her retired husband, but she gently ribbed him about the notion of reliving his bachelor days by tooling around town in a $47,000 sports car. Australia/New Zealand Act Won't Slam the Door on Spam, but It Will Help ATO Posts Fraud Email Warning Australia Cracks Down on Spam BigPond Braces Spam Defences Google's Spam Plan Forwarded to Lawyers US Taps Aussie Spammer Blacklisting When DNS Blacklists Go Bad Bloggers Tackle the Topic Best. Spam. Ever! Blog Spammers Use RSS Choking Bandwidth to Choke Spam A Couple of Months Ago Damn Comment Spammers @Sexmuch.com Database of Phishing Scams Available Dumb @$$ed Spamming Virii Ending Email Forgery F-ing Spammers! Get Paid to Spam Legit or Spam? Osama NOT Captured Own Up Personal Attacks Picasa the Spammer The Poetry of Spam Sneaky Paypal Fraud Page Rewrites URL Spam Spam From Government Spam Gets Meaty SPAM of the Day Spam(less) Report That "Osama Has Been Captured" E-mail Is Spam TMDA Users Can Blow Me "Wasn't Spamming" - Justice and Young Watching the Detectives We Need Some Help With Spam Assassin White List Spam Filters Why Blacklists Are Inherently Wrong Book Reviews Spamicide Business Deals Spam-Buster SurfControl in $14.7 mln U.S. Purchase CAN-SPAM Big Score for Anti-Spam Squad Enough to Make Me Close My Doors Explicit Spam Soon Will Include Warning Four Charged Under Spam Law FTC: No More Naked Pictures in Spam FTC: Porn Spam Must Be Labeled FTC: Pornographic Spam Must Be Labeled FTC Says Spam With Porn Requires Warning Label FTC to Require Label on Porn 'Spam' The New Federal Spam Law: What Does It Mean for Associations? SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: FTC Labels Porno Spam Stiff Spam Penalties Urged U.S. Charges 4 Under New Anti-Spam Law US Lays First Spam Charges US Proposes Rigorous Spam Sentencing US Taps Aussie Spammer Email Spam $4m—The Price of Spam to Your Company Almost Half of Spam Bugged Almost Half of Spam Bugged Anti-Spam Protection Pays Its Way China and US Top Spam Targets Company Warns of Bugged Spam Messages E-mail Lists Choke on Spam Experts See Era of Insecurity Financial Spam on The Rise, According to U.K.-Based Clearswift IETF to Lead Anti-Spam Crusade Increasing Spam, Viruses Problem in E-mail Server Killing Junk E-mail Is Big Business for Many Companies Microsoft Adopts IronPort Anti-Spam Tech Microsoft Adopts IronPort Anti-Spam 'Whitelist' NALG Reacts to Unauthorized Spam E-mail New Microsoft MSN Anti-Spam Weapon: IronPort Bonded Sender One Third of Email Now Spam Porn Gets Spammers Past Hotmail, Yahoo Barriers Seattle Mariners Shut Out Spam Security Firm Warns of Spam That Spies Sharp Jump in Share-Related Spam Software Via Spam Is Probably a Scam Spam Eats Up Time at the Office Spam for Breakfast, Spam for Lunch, Etc. Spammer, Homie or Hoi Polloi? The Gatekeeper Knows Spammers Turn to 'Dictionary Attacks' A Special Seat in Customer Hell for: Realtors Symantec Stops Frustrating Virus-Notification Alerts That's Spam. And This: Shinola. Volume of Spam Doubled in Past Two Years Volume of SPAM Doubled in Past Two Years—IDC Expects It Is Only Going to Get Worse Who You Gonna Call? Spam Jammers Europe 5 Years Ago: Europeans Petition Parliament for End to Spam U.K. Makes Bank 'Phishing' Arrest Filtering Detecting Spam Network Associates Builds a Better SpamKiller How NOT to Spam In Spam-Filled World Making E-mails Appear Legit Is Essential Top 10 Ways to Sabotage Your Viral Marketing Program (Yes, You're Probably Doing One of Them) Humor & Other Odd Bits Dilbert, 4/29/04 Junk Mail Lawmaker to AOL: You've Got Mail Litigation Court Stops Anti-Spam Firm From Blocking Junk Email Email Marketer Sues Anti-Spam Group Spamcop IronPort Systems'(TM) SpamCop Service Wins Latest Round in Battle Against 'King of Spam' Scott Richter Judge Ties Antispammer's Hands OptInRealBig's TRO Against SpamCop Dissolved Spam King Sues SpamCop Phishing Ask Alice About Phishing Banks' Warning Over E-mail Scams Brightmail Is No Phisher-man's Friend EarthLink Aims to Block 'Phishing' Scams Phishing Email Fraud Attacks Up 50%—How to Protect Your Brand Phishing Paying Off in US 'Phishing' Scams Luring More Users Phony Tax Fraud E-mail Tempts Consumers U.K. Makes Bank 'Phishing' Arrest The Pink Stuff from Hormel Buy Your SPAM Now, Before Price Increase Prices to Rise for Hormel's Spam, Dinty Moore Stew Press Releases Experts Available to Discuss Spammers Leaving the Business Due to New Software, Anti-Spam Laws North American Retains Independent Counsel to Investigate Spam Emails Qurb Keeps eMarketing Association Spam-Free; Award-Winning Anti-Spam Software Helps e-Marketers Effectively Reach Customers Roaring Penguin Puts the Freeze on Zombie Spam Sophos Launches Consolidated Defense Against Viruses and Spam for Small Businesses Sunbelt's iHateSpam Server Voted Best Anti-Spam Product by SC Magazine TurnTide Introduces Outbound Anti-Spam Router; Service Provider Iowa Telecom Prevents Outbound Spam with ASR Zix Corporation Contributes to Teleconference on Anti-Spam Technology Search Engine Spam Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police Web Spam Taxonomy (PDF) Spammers Spam King Now Selling Clothes Telemarketing FTC Files First Do-Not-Call Lawsuit Telemarketer Fees May Increase United States Maryland Lawmakers Pass Antispam Legislation Md. 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