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From ZDNet: “A federal court in California has turned down a request to stop SpamCop from keeping tabs on mass e-mailer OptInRealBig, saying the blocklist operator is protected under the Communications Decency Act.” Order from U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, OptInRealBig.com, LLC v. IronPort Systems, Inc. (20 pages, PDF).
A Buyer’s Guide to Spam Filtering (19 pages, PDF)
From VeriSign’s press release today: “VeriSign’s Anti-Phishing Solution protects enterprises through a five-tiered solution that helps prevent, detect and respond to attacks, thereby mitigating and eliminating identity theft and email fraud attempts.”
Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes Industry Recommendations To Help Stop Spam: “The 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 …
AP reports that an ex-AOL software engineer allegedly stole a list of 92 million customer screen names (online identification/user names) last year, which he then sold, and the information was subsequently used in various spam related mass emailings, in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act. See the related press release by AOL, which states, “AOL has …
This PCWorld.com article highlights some of the current and emerging applications and standards that can be implemented in an effort to respond to the deluge of spam, as discussed at the recent E-Mail Technology Conference. What caught my eye was this paraphrased statement from Dr. Vinton Cerf: “He gave the example of an exchange that …
A Global Push to Protect Information Online “As indispensible as e-mail and the Internet have become at work, companies face rising threats from the exposure of confidential business data or consumer data over the Internet.”
From the FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told Congress that, at the present time, a National Do Not Email Registry would fail to reduce the amount of spam consumers receive, might increase it, and could not be enforced effectively. In a report (60 pages, PDF) filed in response to a statutory mandate, …
City to delete its old e-mail: “After 90 days, messages will be gone from system; Public-records questions raised; Workers will have to find and save official material.”
The Changing Face of E-Mail: Speakers at the recent INBOX conference discussed a wide range of applications/solutions to address the information overload that has become an intrinsic part of enterprise email use.
Who Got the Message? There’s a Way to Know: “Users of the service, DidTheyReadIt (didtheyreadit.com), can clandestinely track when and where their e-mail is read.”
When Software Fails to Stop Spam, It’s Time to Bring In the Detectives.
