NIGERIAN E-MAIL SCAM

Oct 24, 2002 | mail, spam

You’ve probably gotten one of the infamous “Nigerian e-mail” messages. A member of the Nigerian government, or a son of a Zimbabwean diplomat, or a widow of an African dictator, needs your help to get millions of dollars out of the country. Your reward will be twenty...

SPAM

Oct 9, 2002 | spam

The unbelievable deluge of spam is the hot topic in the tech industry, in the legislature, in the policy thinktanks, in magazine columns and editorials and online forums – everywhere. And there’s no good answer. Many people are frantically working on...

HOTMAIL SPAM FILTER

Sep 18, 2002 | mail, spam, web_services

It’s not just your imagination – Hotmail accounts get far more spam than any other mail service through any other ISP. Microsoft has finally signed a deal that might cut down on the junk. Brightmail is a third party filter that will be installed on Hotmail to stop the...

SPAM

Jun 27, 2002 | spam

Suddenly the flood of unwelcome spam is at the top of everybody’s list. It’s so awful, so overwhelming and gross, that everyone assumes they’re being uniquely singled out. Trust me – it’s everywhere and it has nothing to do with your online shopping habits or anything...

INTERNET PRIVACY AND APATHY

May 14, 2002 | Internet, spam

In March Yahoo changed its marketing policy. With no warning, it suddenly granted itself the right to send advertising spam, postal mail, and telemarketing phone calls to tens of millions of its users who had previously opted out. There was a huge outcry by privacy...

AOL BLOCKS HARVARD E-MAILS

Jan 1, 2002 | spam

The volume of junk mail has increased in the last few months, and people ask me all the time why it can’t just be blocked. Implementing a junk mail filter is a difficult problem, prone to error. Here’s an example in the news today: dozens of e-mail...