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A Spam Filtering Conference was held on January 17, 2003 at MIT. The conference was organized by Paul Graham, author of A Plan for Spam (published August 2002), and had 580 attendees. Brief abstracts of papers presented at the conference, including titles and authors, are here. Topics included applications solutions for specific platforms, legal efforts …
The Federal Trade Commission is doggedly pursuing frauds committed using spam e-mail, and their latest efforts have culminated in compliants filed in six federal courts (copies of which are available here), with charges against “marketers who used the Internet and spam to sell purportedly authentic international driver’s permits (IDPs).”
The House BlackBerry communication program, initiated in 2001, provided all members with the device, and paid for the associated e-mail service (to the tune of $6 million). The adoption of this wireless technology was related to the events of 9/11. However, Congress is now caught in an uncomfortable position concerning its continued use of the …
BrightMail Inc., a provider of anti-spam techology, has been tracking spam attacks against their network. The results of their survey, with a coverage period of June 1, 2002 to November 1, 2002, is available via ServerWatch, here. Needless to say, their information indicates that attacks have tripled during this period. The ServerWatch article also provides …
A new Harris Interactive poll indicates that 80% of those surveyed dislike spam so much that they would like to see it banned. A new report, from Ferris Research, a San Francisco based market research company, ($1,995 fee) assesses the cost of spam to American corporations in 2003 at more than $10 billion, due to …
Today’s WSJ has an article on the nascent service of conducting limited medical consultations via the web and e-mail. In a previous post I noted that there are now unified guidelines for physician-patient e-mail. Services such as Med Help International, MayoClinic.com, and Askadoctor.com are all fee-based, and are often used as a interim step between …
The Washington Post has a review of PGP 8, the newest version of the secure email messaging software. PGP was formerly a free product, but the company was bought and sold several times, and the new PGP Corp. charges $39 for the personal edition of the software. For some perspective on this program created back …
U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff, Southern District of New York, ruled that what he termed “explosive” e-mail messages authored by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Vice Chairman Donald Layton could be used as evidence in the bank’s lawsuit against 11 insurance companies over $1 billion in unpaid loan guarantees stemming from the collapse of …
The Washington Post reported on a municipal issue that could prove to have far reaching consequences for the government’s use of e-mail to conduct meetings. Fredericksburg Circuit Court Judge John Whittier Scott Jr. decided that a group of City Council members who used email to communicate about, and reach decisions, concerning critical issues that included …
E-mail is a ubiquitous and well accepted part of the daily work routines of most Americans according to this new report, Email at work, published on December 8, 2002 by the Pew Internet Project. An astounding 98% of employees (57 million Americans) with on-the-job Net access indicate that e-mail is a part of their daily …
This SEC press release concerns the agency’s joint action (along with the NYSE and NASD) against 5 high profile broker-dealers for violations of e-mail communications retention requirements. The text of the SEC’s administrative decision is here, and the companies will collectively pay $8.25 million in fines.
Patient’s increasingly indicate that they want to communicate with their physicians via e-mail. However, there are major impediments to this process, including medical liability issues, patient privacy concerns, and billing considerations. However, according to this press release from the eRisk Working Group for Healthcare, new unified guidelines for physician-patient e-mail are now available that have …
