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- Spam scam slams a chain of fools - Article about pyramid schemes. Includes contact information to find out more about fraud. [USA Today]
- Spamming from the book is still junk - Describes "dictionary spamming" method by which spammers can guess email addresses of users on certain email providers. [USA Today]
- Direct mail double cross? - A 'Spam Summit' highlights the differences between the actions of the Direct Marketers' Association and the desires of the anti-spam community. [Salon Technology} (November 12, 1999)
- Congress Takes On Spam - The e-attention of Washington lawmakers is turning to the scourge of unsolicited email. Will this result in useful legislation, or just a lot of posturing? [ISP-Planet] (October 8, 1999)
- ISPs and Spam Enforcement... - Where CAN you go next if your ISP refuses to do something about the growing amount of SPAM in your inbox? [Slashdot] (September 11, 1999)
- NSI threatens to sue Blackhole List operator - Network Solutions threatens to sue an antispam group if it adds them to a spam blacklist. [CNET] (August 2, 1999)
- Yahoo curbs message board spam - Yahoo blocks access to sites advertised in spam sent to its users. [CNET] (July 27, 1999)
- FTC slams 'spam' - FTC study details the burden of junk e-mail. Report recommends spammers not be permitted to disguise their addresses. [CNN] (July 14, 1999)
- To Protest Unwanted E-Mail, Spam Cop Goes to the Source - A consultant introduces a tool to let users complain about spam to authorities. [NYT] (June 24, 1999)
- eBetween spawning setup spam? - New technology nudges out Windows startup -- lets companies pitch services to new PC users. (June 21, 1999)
- Study: Spam delivers bad news for ISPs - Study shows more users than expected blame their ISPs for spam. [ZDNet] (June 14, 1999)
- With spam like this, who needs enemies? - Readers balk at vendors' e-mail. How NOT to promote your otherwise-respectable large PC company (InfoWorld) (May 17, 1999)
- Fuzzy 'censorship' gripes make real thing possible - An article about what free speech is. (March 24, 1999)
- Online petition against Spam - Online petition by EU web users against spam. Site is German but text is English. (March 3, 1999)
- When candidates spam - A mass e-mailing by a New Jersey Republican stirs up an online hornet's nest. [Salon 21st] (February 19, 1999)
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