Users Increasingly Looking To ISPs To Stop Spam
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06/17/2005 04:30 PMCiol.com - Fri Jun 17, 09:01 am GMT
Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam
Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam
05/20/2004 07:05 PMRonnie Scelson is one of the shortlist of spammers who just seems to
love publicity. While many spammers like to hide away, Scelson's
always willing to talk. He testified before the Senate Commerce
Committee today, claiming that he is now
compl
ying with CAN-SPAM, but threatened to ignore the law if not enough
of his spam messages were getting through filters. He actually has
the audacity to complain that now that CAN-SPAM is in effect, ISPs
should be
required to let his mail through. Maybe the filters
are a little to thick around his head and the message isn't getting
through to him: the
reason his spam is filtered is because
people don't want it.
Ad-Blocker Agrees To Stop Storming Popup
Ads D Squared Solutions has agreed to
stop smothering computer users
Ad-Blocker Agrees To Stop Storming Popup
Ads D Squared Solutions has agreed to
stop smothering computer users
07/30/2004 07:13 PMAVN Online Jul 30 2004 10:51PM GMT
ISPs Teaming Up To Standardize Plans To
Stop Zombies
ISPs Teaming Up To Standardize Plans To
Stop Zombies
06/22/2004 02:02 PMSix large ISPs are now
teaming up to take on the issue of zombie machines
spewing spam. AOL, Yahoo, Earthlink, Comcast, Microsoft and BT are
all working together to come up with a standard way to fight spam
zombies, but some of their plans may upset certain users. While it's
good to see them (finally) taking this issue seriously, one of the
proposed solutions is to limit how many emails a customer can send out
per hour or per day. While this is unlikely to be a problem for most
users, it could cause problems for people who legitimately need to
send out a large number of messages. Besides, as some have been
suggesting, all this really means is that spammers will have incentive
to get their software on even more machines in order to keep on
spamming.
Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes
Industry Recommendations to Help Stop
Spam
Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes
Industry Recommendations to Help Stop
Spam
06/22/2004 09:17 AMThe Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA), whose participants include
Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., EarthLink and America Online Inc., today
unveiled the result of more than a year of close collaboration by
presenting a host of detailed best practices and technical
recommendations for the entire industry in an effort to fight the
scourge of spam.
CAN SPAM Designed To Make Congressmen
Look Good - Not Stop Spam
CAN SPAM Designed To Make Congressmen
Look Good - Not Stop Spam
01/07/2004 06:36 PMWe all know now that the CAN SPAM law is a disaster and is unlikely to
do anything useful in the battle against spam. It's also becoming
clear that the entire point of the bill was never to stop spam, but to
make a few folks in Congress look good (which seems to be the entire
point of most politics these days). First, Business Week spends some
time
comparing the mostly effective federal "Do Not Call"
list with CAN SPAM. The DNC list was planned out carefully by the
FTC and the FCC, and, while it upset many telemarketers, it was
designed in a way to be effective. There was also enough time, and
enough publicity given to the list that people knew about it and had
the opportunity to sign up for it - while marketers had the ability to
prepare on their end as well. With CAN SPAM, however, it was rushed
through Congress with little thought towards whether or not it would
actually do anything
and without any money to actually deal
with any of these cases. Meanwhile, the NY Times reports that the
sponsors of the bill
asked the FTC to
sue a spammer the very first week the bill was in effect in order
to make a big "splash" so they could pat themselves on the back - even
as the spam levels continued to increase. FTC Chair Timothy Muris
(who has spoken out
against
this spam law) apparently laughed them off and pointed out it was
impossible to do such a thing. First of all, in order to violate the
law, the spammers have to ignore an opt-out request. Then, the FTC
would have to track down who the actual spammer was - with no
additional funds, because the law didn't provide for them.
California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Make It Harder To Do Business
California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Make It Harder To Do Business
11/03/2003 11:40 PMI get inundated with more and more spam every day, and it's
frustrating as anything. I want it to stop. However, if politicians
insist on passing bad legislation in their attempts to stop spam,
that's not going to do any good. I've already complained about the
new
California legislation and it looks like I'm not alone. A guy who
runs a consulting firm and writes for Business Week points out
why California's anti-spam law won't do a thing about
spam, but will make life more difficult for legitimate small
businesses. He describes a situation where he did a very targeted
mailing for a company. It's probably up to your definition of spam as
to whether or not you consider his mailing spam. I tend to draw the
line on whether or not the mailing was "bulk" - which it sounds like
his was. I believe that if the email is truly targeted and
personalized about a potential business relationship, then it's hard
to call it spam. The California law disagrees. In fact, the sponsor
of the bill claims that any email contact between two companies is not
legitimate if it hasn't been initiated under some other form. That's
simply ridiculous. As I've said before, plenty of "commercial"
websites contact Techdirt every day about the possibility of
partnerships or links. Under California's anti-spam law, I could
charge them with spam. I recently heard from a major technology
magazine, asking if I would add them to my Quicklinks box. Should I
sue them for spam? According to the law, I could.
California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Increase Lawsuits
California Spam Law: Won't Stop Spam,
Will Increase Lawsuits
11/14/2003 07:29 PMI hate spam and would like nothing better than to see an effective
anti-spam law put on the books. However, as I've said before, the
California anti-spam law
is
not the right law. Plenty of others seem to agree, and everyone
believes that the law won't stand up if tested in court. The problem
is
what
do people do until it's been tested? The other question is who is
going to take on this law. Luckily, it won't be the Direct Marketing
Association, who I don't trust in the slightest. They say they've
burned up all their resources fighting the "Do Not Call" list. At a
conference among email marketers, some were suggesting that they
should file their own lawsuits under the bill in order to purposely
clog the court system with such lawsuits. This seems like typical bad
marketing thinking that overburdening a system somehow gets extra
attention. The right response is that someone who gets sued for doing
something that clearly is not spam is going to have to go to court and
get the law overturned. Maybe (and this would be the best) it happens
to someone who is
not associated with an "email marketing"
company, but just someone who sends a perfectly reasonable email and
gets hit with a lawsuit.
Anti-Spam Filters, ISPs, and the Law
Anti-Spam Filters, ISPs, and the Law
06/10/2004 02:47 AMWhy should we let ISPs dictate the source and content of the e-mail
they allow us to receive? That's the question posed by ImagineNation
in a recent white paper on mail filters and the consequences of ISPs
using mail filters and other schemes to block spam mail. The white
paper is a free report from the company available at
http://eMstamp.org/Documents/ [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004]
U.S. judges blast music labels' attack
on ISPs and users
U.S. judges blast music labels' attack
on ISPs and users
12/19/2003 01:04 PMFind another way to sue
"U.S. judges blast music labels' attack
on ISPs and users"
"U.S. judges blast music labels' attack
on ISPs and users"
12/20/2003 09:47 PMMicrosoft and Israeli ISPs unite to
combat spam
Microsoft and Israeli ISPs unite to
combat spam
07/29/2004 03:05 PMIsrael Business Arena Jul 29 2004 6:29PM GMT
Major ISPs Publish Anti-Spam Best
Practices
Major ISPs Publish Anti-Spam Best
Practices
06/22/2004 02:21 PMMajor ISPs Coordinate Spam, Spoofing
Policies (28-Jun-2004; 6.5K)
Major ISPs Coordinate Spam, Spoofing
Policies (28-Jun-2004; 6.5K)
06/28/2004 09:40 PMNew tool for ISPs, web-based email turns
up the heat on spam
New tool for ISPs, web-based email turns
up the heat on spam
09/03/2002 11:37 AMIDGNet New Zealand Sep 3 2002 9:05AM ET
Research And Markets: Today Vendors Are
Addressing The Video Device Management,
Video Network Management, Call
Processing, And Scheduling Needs Of
Users With Increasingly Sophisticated
Software Solutions
Research And Markets: Today Vendors Are
Addressing The Video Device Management,
Video Network Management, Call
Processing, And Scheduling Needs Of
Users With Increasingly Sophisticated
Software Solutions
12/19/2004 03:09 PMResearch and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c11235) has
announced the addition of Video Communications Management Systems 2004
to their offering. [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]
Stop Forwarding Spam
Stop Forwarding Spam
04/09/2004 04:11 PMAdvice from LJ's technical manager about how to use a local user
account to stop forwarding spam and viruses.
How to stop spam? Don't look to
legislation
How to stop spam? Don't look to
legislation
12/14/2003 09:50 PMZDNet Dec 14 2003 9:16PM ET
ActiveWin.com: A One-Stop Resource For
Windows Users
ActiveWin.com: A One-Stop Resource For
Windows Users
12/20/2003 01:20 PM“Our audience is definitely tech savvy,” he says. Stein describes
the majority of ActiveWin.com users as intermediate or advanced in
computing skills and well versed in the happenings of the technology
world. “Whether it be the latest programming languages,
developmental tools, server software, etc., these people know what
they are talking about,” explains Stein.
ADV: Stop Users from Downloading a
Legal Nightmare
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Legal Nightmare
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Spam King Ordered to Stop
Spam King Ordered to Stop
01/05/2005 04:44 PMtheWHIR Jan 5 2005 8:11PM GMT
Easiest and Best Way to Stop mailto:
spam?
Easiest and Best Way to Stop mailto:
spam?
11/17/2002 09:46 PM"We have published our email addresses on our web sites for almost 10
years using simple mailto: or forms. In the past year, the amount of
spam has become intolerable. "
New Spam Law Won't Stop Number One
Spammer
New Spam Law Won't Stop Number One
Spammer
12/29/2003 06:52 PMAlan Ralsky is famous as one of the top spammers around, so the NY
Times went to see what he had to say
about the new CAN SPAM
law. While he says that he's upset at how "one-sided" it is, it
won't do anything to stop him from spamming. He claims that he'll go
legit with a real opt-out address in emails, but it's tough to believe
that, when he claims in the same article that he's become an expert at
hiding his identity in how he sends out spam. He also says that he
can't stop spamming because there's "too much money" to be made - even
if (he claims) it's been getting more expensive lately to keep ahead
of all those filters. It's also amusing to see him blame "the
internet" for "forcing" him to hide his identity online. Perhaps, if
he wasn't annoying people by bombarding them with crap they didn't
want, he wouldn't have had to hide himself.
Microsoft Moves To Stop Spam
Microsoft Moves To Stop Spam
05/07/2004 10:43 AMXposed May 7 2004 2:16PM GMT
Stop Spam by charging to email?
Stop Spam by charging to email?
12/12/2003 12:52 PM14 percent of US Internet users stop
music swapping: survey (AFP)
14 percent of US Internet users stop
music swapping: survey (AFP)
04/26/2004 10:31 AMAFP - Millions of US Internet users have stopped using illicit
music-swapping following an industry crackdown on the practice,
according to a new survey.
"Spam King" Agrees to Stop Spamming For
Now
"Spam King" Agrees to Stop Spamming For
Now
01/05/2005 10:18 PMComcast looks to stop the spam coming
from its network
Comcast looks to stop the spam coming
from its network
05/24/2004 12:19 PMInfected PCs of Comcast broadband subscribers are one of the largest
sources of spam, sending upwards of 800 million e-mails daily. Now
Comcast is preparing to fight bac.
Stop al Spam: No reinventemos la rueda,
evolucionemos
Stop al Spam: No reinventemos la rueda,
evolucionemos
05/04/2004 06:44 AMSpammers using random words to stop spam
Spammers using random words to stop spam
01/16/2004 10:58 AMAny administrators worth their salt is going to go after spam on many
fronts. As I have stated 2-3 times...
Experts Don't Believe Bill Gates Can
Stop Spam
Experts Don't Believe Bill Gates Can
Stop Spam
04/30/2004 02:47 PMEarlier this year, Bill Gates made a splash by announcing that he was
spending much of his time trying to come up with
ways to
fight spam. Unfortunately, most of the methods he listed have
been tried before without much luck. Also, many people pointed out
that some of the reason spam is such a problem is because of Microsoft
security problems (which were not among the things Gates was looking
to fix). Well, now the experts have weighed in and they pretty much
agree with everyone else:
Bill Gates won't
be able to stop spam. In fact, many seem to think it's fairly
amusing that he thinks he can.
Mobile scheme aims to stop spam
Mobile scheme aims to stop spam
07/08/2004 10:31 AMThe mobile industry has launched a scheme to give mobile users more
control over premium rate texts.
E-mail postage will line pockets, not
stop spam
E-mail postage will line pockets, not
stop spam
02/10/2004 02:53 PMBill Gates Trying To Reinvent The Wheel
To Stop Spam
Bill Gates Trying To Reinvent The Wheel
To Stop Spam
01/23/2004 11:00 PMNow that he's no longer running the business side of Microsoft, Bill
Gates has apparently turned his attention to spam. That's right, in
his spare time, he's been
messing
around with a variety of ways to solve the spam problem, though,
it sounds like all of his ideas are already being tried elsewhere. I
guess that's not all that surprising considering Microsoft's history.
What will be more interesting is whether or not he can get any of
these methods to really work. The first is using basic sender
authentication via a challenge-response solution. His second idea is
basically greylisting (making servers slow down emails from unknown
senders to make it more difficult/expensive for spammers to send out
so many messages), which seems to be getting some more attention these
days. His final idea, though, which he seems to have the most faith
in, is a money-based plan to charge unknown senders to email you. The
idea is that you would set a price for unknown people to email you -
but you have the option of waiving that fee if it turns out you really
wanted to hear from someone. I've heard of people talking about
similar plans, but have never heard of it being implemented.
IBM Unveils Anti-Spam Services to Stop
Spammers
IBM Unveils Anti-Spam Services to Stop
Spammers
03/22/2005 03:39 PMCisco's P-Cube aims to stop spam at
source
Cisco's P-Cube aims to stop spam at
source
09/20/2004 12:54 PMThe start-up, soon to be acquired by Cisco, adds feature to help
broadband service providers fight "zombie" attacks.
When Software Fails to Stop Spam, It's
Time to Bring In the Detectives
When Software Fails to Stop Spam, It's
Time to Bring In the Detectives
05/31/2004 02:19 AMThe fight against spam has turned from software engineers who try to
identify and block spam to private investigators, prosecutors and law
enforcement agents.
Orange charges users for own MMS spam
Orange charges users for own MMS spam
12/02/2003 08:42 AMvnunet.com Dec 2 2003 7:54AM ET
Net users learn to live with spam
Net users learn to live with spam
04/11/2005 05:32 AMReceiving spam is becoming a fact of life like air pollution and
traffic congestion, says a report.
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