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InternetNews September 14, 2006 Roy Mark	'Lonely Housewives' Reach FTC Settlement A spam scam promising dates with lonely, if not quite desperate, housewives is among the latest unsolicited bulk e-mail schemes halted today by the Federal Trade Commission.
InternetNews September 24, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Redmond Aims, Fires at Spammers' Accomplices Latest suit in Microsoft's spam fight takes aim at claims of bulletproof hosts for spammers.
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft: CSI for the FTC Redmond crime-stoppers do forensics work to help the FTC charge X-rated spammers.
InternetNews January 28, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	FTC Closing CAN-SPAM Loopholes Spam-fighting feds figure out the fine points of anti-spam law.
InternetNews April 1, 2005 Roy Mark	Diet Patch Spammers Settle With FTC Court rejects their claim that only affiliate marketers should be held responsible.
PC World April 2004 Tom Spring	Spam Wars Rage The new federal antispam law doesn't seem to be working. Will anything stop the e-mail onslaught?
InternetNews January 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Big Spam Bust, Texas Style State files multi-million dollar lawsuit against two of the nation's largest e-mail operators.
InternetNews August 25, 2004 Jim Wagner	Feds Hit Alleged Spammers in Sting The U.S. Department of Justice is set to announce several arrests and indictments against alleged spammers.
InternetNews January 3, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	CAN-SPAM in Effect? Not a chance says MX Logic, which reports that most spam is not playing by the CAN-SPAM rules.
InternetNews March 30, 2004 Roy Mark	AOL to Reward Spam Victims The ISP is expected to give 'valuable asset' seized from spammer to victim of e-mail scam.
InternetNews May 20, 2004 Janis Mara	CAN-SPAM Gets Mixed Reviews in Senate Testimony Five months on, the anti-spam measure is far from an unqualified success.
InternetNews December 20, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC: CAN-SPAM Is Working With a big helping hand from technology, the Federal Trade Commission say spam volume is declining. But are spammers staying away?
InternetNews July 6, 2004 Jim Wagner	Spam-Fighting Triumvirate Formed The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia fight the big fight against the proliferation of spam.
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	Suit Filed Against Spam Ring The Massachusetts' Attorney General files suit against seven alleged spammers with operations around the world.
Reason October 2004 Hanah Metchis	Cleaning Up E-Mail The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA) hopes to create methods to digitally sign content and make mail identity "spoofing" not just illegal but technologically impossible.
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Jim Wagner	A Day in the Life of a Spammer Bulk e-mail provider looking for sympathy, finds he can't even disclose his real name.
InternetNews August 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Bust Spam Porn Operation A Phoenix federal grand injury has indicted three individuals for multiple violations of the CAN SPAM Act including sending unsolicited obscene materials, money laundering and criminal conspiracy.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Microsoft's New Suit The tech behemoth targets more spammers for lawsuits.
InternetNews January 23, 2004 Janis Mara	Can-Spam Conference: How to Comply with a "Total Failure" Experts slammed Can-Spam at Spam and the Law conference -- while helping marketers comply with the act.
PC World April 2006 Tom Spring	Spam Mutates Junk ads are migrating to blogs, instant messages, and cell phones... Interview with a man who makes a living from sending spam mail.
InternetNews October 29, 2004 Colin C. Haley	ISPs Band Together Against Spam AOL, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo sue individuals who allegedly violate the Can-Spam law by sending millions of unwanted e-mails and IMs.
PC Magazine June 2, 2004 John R. Quain	Putting Spammers in the Pokey The U.S. government wants you to know that violating its CAN-SPAM law can send you up the river.
InternetNews December 13, 2006 Brian Livingston	Has the 'SpamThru' Trojan Doubled Spam or Not? A Trojan horse named "SpamThru" that has reportedly taken over approximately 73,000 PCs.
InternetNews March 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Major E-Mail Providers Bare Can Spam Teeth AOL, EarthLink, Yahoo! and Microsoft use new federal law to go after kingpin spammers.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Alyce Lomax	The Anti-Spam Squad It seems politics and spam make strange bedfellows. Some of the Internet's heavy hitters filed a collective lawsuit today against spammers.
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InternetNews December 2, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Fighting to Keep Smut-Spam in a Brown Wrapper Microsoft brings seven new lawsuits against smut-peddling spammers under the CAN-SPAM law.
InternetNews September 24, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Anti-Spammers on Attack Small claims court becomes the frontline in the war against unwanted e-mails.
PC World August 2002 Daniel Tynan	Spam Inc. In 2002, spam is not just a scourge, it's big business. Our investigator reveals who's behind the assault on your in-box and why stemming the tide won't be easy.
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Do-Not-Spam List Great For Spammers After a six-month study, the FTC updates Congress on the National Do Not E-Mail registry. Hint: It's not a good thing.
InternetNews April 8, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, March 2004 The spam ratio only grew by 1 percentage point, but the economic damage from malware was staggering.
InternetNews March 11, 2004 Roy Mark	Washington Beefs Up Can Spam The two powerful federal agencies empowered as the whip hand of the Can Spam Act began the process Thursday of fully implementing the United States' first national law aimed at curbing unsolicited bulk e-mail.
InternetNews August 18, 2005 Brian Livingston	EFF To Challenge E-Mail Tax Laws The Electronic Frontier Foundation examines a plan to fight state laws that would tax senders of ordinary e-mails.
InternetNews May 24, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC Targets Zombie Spammers The Federal Trade Commission launched a new anti-spam campaign today targeting hijacked, or zombie, computers.
InternetNews August 17, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Sue a Spoofer Today Spam-fighting group uses trademark laws to fight domain name spoofing.
PC World August 2003 Daniel Tynan	Uncle Sam vs. Spam A slew of proposed federal and state bills promise to protect your in-box. But can any law stem the tide of spam?
InternetNews December 14, 2009	Security Firm Finds Spammers Thriving in U.S. McAfee's December spam report finds spammers are still operating with relative impunity despite looming six-year anniversary of FTC's Can-Spam Act.
InternetNews July 29, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Think Globally, Block Locally Experts at international anti-spam conference argue whether law or technology is the best way to solve the junk mail problem.
Entrepreneur July 2004 Catherine Seda	Spam Uncanned Is the Can-Spam legislation reducing unsolicited e-mail? Not according to a February 2004 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
InternetNews April 8, 2005 Tim Gray	Gates Wants to Can Spam -- Fast Microsoft founder and chief software architect continues to push for eradication of spam.
InternetNews January 12, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Hit Porn E-Mail Ring With Can Spam Law Armed with new rules to supplement the Can Spam Act, the Federal Trade Commission has won a court order to temporarily halt a pornography-related spam ring that stretches from Las Vegas to Latvia.
Salon.com April 19, 2000 Damien Cave	Can spam be canned? ISPs spend millions annually fighting spam; a federal law headed for the House promises scant relief.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Stephen Baker	The Taming Of The Internet A deluge of spam is forcing new rules and controls on the once wide-open Web.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	The Red, White and Blue of Spam Nothing has changed since the Federal Can-Spam Act became law except that more of it seems to becoming from the U.S., according to one industry player's report.
New Architect December 2002 Lincoln D. Stein	Spammed I Am Why laws meant to fight spam aren't making a dent
InternetNews December 27, 2004 Tim Gray	AOL Winning Its Spam Battle? The ISP said its spam numbers are dropping and staying that course.
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Lorraine Woellert	Out, Out, Damned Spam Junk e-mail accounts for roughly half of all network traffic. Here are five ways to beat it back
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