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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.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2004 Alyce Lomax	AOL Spammers Scram? The Internet service provider claims drastically reduced spam. Although being able to claim this victory is a help, it is not the whole recipe for AOL's future success.
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.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2004 Selena Maranjian	An End to Spam? We may be rejoicing in 2006, thanks to Bill Gates. Gates alluded to a "magic solution" that his team is working on to address the problem of unwanted email, or spam. Better still, he expects this solution to be in place soon.
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.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2004 Alyce Lomax	AOL, Microsoft Spar on Spam Although taking spam off the table is a shared priority that will have an impact on their bread and butter, perhaps it should come as no surprise that many of the top players will agree to disagree with Microsoft's solution.
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.
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 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.
T.H.E. Journal August 2004	Spam Sleuth Enterprise Helping keep e-mail inboxes spam-free is the goal of this Blue Squirre offering, which is an anti-spam server solution that resides on an e-mail server or as a separate server to screen out spam before it reaches the internal mail server.
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.
InternetNews December 27, 2004 Tim Gray	AOL Winning Its Spam Battle? The ISP said its spam numbers are dropping and staying that course.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Alyce Lomax	AOL Strengthens Mailboxes Time Warner's America Online will acquire the aptly named Mailblocks, a step toward ensuring that "You've Got Mail" doesn't really mean "You've Got Spam."
InternetNews April 11, 2005 Tim Gray	Americans Learning to Live With Spam Agita E-mail users say they are more accepting of spam. Doesn't make it less painful though.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	From Spam to Gravy at AOL America Online has a clever way of turning an online nuisance into a promotional victory. Where does one draw the line between being a corporate good Samaritan and a clever marketer? Well, does it really matter?
InternetNews July 1, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	U.S. Sending More than Half of All Spam While the flood of spam has increased sharply during the last six months, a new survey also shows that slightly more than half of it worldwide is coming out of the U.S.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 Alyce Lomax	The Bagle Virus' Nasty Turn So we have the annoyance of spam, the threat of viruses, and signs of a growing weariness in users -- the email experience is degrading. It's clear the industry needs to continue to fight to clean up inboxes or risk a souring outlook on email. .
The Motley Fool December 30, 2004 Rick Munarriz	Hiding Behind a Spam Filter? AOL is doing a decent job tackling spam, but it's also doing some spin doctoring in the process.
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 February 18, 2004 Ron Miller	AOL, EarthLink File Lawsuits Against Spammers With the federal Can Spam Act so far proving ineffective, ISPs are pursuing aggressive civil actions.
InternetNews December 29, 2005 Roy Mark	AOL: Spam Down, Sophisticated Methods Up 'Spam mafia gangs' continue to mislead and deceive e-mail users.
InternetNews May 26, 2009 Alex Goldman	Spam Now More Than 90% of All E-Mail Spammers are increasingly directing users to compromised social networks while botnets' influence grows, according to MessageLabs.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Yahoo! Says No to Trillian The Internet bellwether Yahoo! is blocking third-party instant messaging clients like Trillian from its network. According to Yahoo!, the reason for the move is to head spim, the instant messenger equivalent to spam, off at the pass.
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?
The Motley Fool April 12, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Spam on the Side? It's not yet time for the big-name ISPs and email providers to get comfy. Spam continues to be a big, bulky pain, and when it comes to scams like phishing, it's downright dangerous.
PC Magazine March 2, 2005 Larry Seltzer	Who's Winning the Spam War? AOL says its users are getting less spam. Can this be true? Is this because of its technology, or the effective legal action it takes against spammers?
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 June 18, 2010	Microsoft Suing Hotmail Spammers Software giant goes to court to take down the orchestrators of what it describes as the "largest ever" spam attacks on its Windows Live Hotmail service.
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 18, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	More Unwanted Messages Since CAN-SPAM While Pew Internet & American Life Project found that e-mail users have seen an increase in spam, the survey reports a decrease in pornographic messages.
PC World June 2005 Andrew Brandt	How Spam Slips Past Your Defenses Beware of slimy spam strategies.
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.
AskMen.com Thomas Bey	5 Things You Didn't Know About Spam 1 - Spamming is legal... 2 - Many companies you know use spam... 3 - The spam is coming from inside your house...
InternetNews April 13, 2004 Kuchinskas & Mara	Maryland Lawmakers Pass Anti-Spam Bill Maryland lawmakers this week passed a bill aimed at "kingpin," or high-volume, spammers that would punish offenders, especially repeaters, with jail time, monetary fines and loss of personal property.
InternetNews July 4, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Image-based Spam on the Rise Among the lead culprits in the spam overflow is a new take on an old technique called image-based 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 December 30, 2003 Michael Singer	AOL Loses Round in Spam Fight A federal judge throws out a case against a group of Florida computer technicians accused of helping spread unsolicited e-mails to AOL subscribers.
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.
AskMen.com Ross Bonander	4 Steps: Eliminate Spam Before your inbox gets hit one more time, read up on our four steps to eliminate spam.
InternetNews February 10, 2005 Tim Gray	Microsoft and Pfizer After Viagra Spammers Redmond and the pharmaceutical giant team up to file lawsuits to fight selling and advertising of knock-off drugs.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2006 Alyce Lomax	A Penny for Your Thoughts Time Warner's AOL and Yahoo!, both major providers of email services, are gearing up to try a new tactic -- giving companies the option of paying a small fee to, in effect, "certify" their email deliveries. For many companies, the plan may be the smartest way to make users feel secure.
PC World August 2002 Kevin McKean	Up Front: The Secret War for Your In-Box Efforts to combat spam, and how the spammers work around them. Also, efforts to legislate spam.
New Architect December 2002 Lincoln D. Stein	Spammed I Am Why laws meant to fight spam aren't making a dent
InternetNews August 10, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Stopping Spammers at The Point of Sale New research suggests going after the commerce sites listed in spam mail, but some have already been doing just that.
InternetNews May 14, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, April 2004 The spam volume is rising, e-mail trust is eroding, and viruses are rampant, but Internet users are sending more legitimate messages and CAN-SPAM is making a positive impact.
InternetNews September 24, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Anti-Spammers on Attack Small claims court becomes the frontline in the war against unwanted e-mails.
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.
InternetNews February 24, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Viruses Blamed for Expected 80% Spam Saturation by Q3 Spam is expected to make up 80 percent of all email by the third-quarter of this year. And analysts blame it largely on the open proxies created by viruses, like Sobig and MyDoom.
InternetNews May 5, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Record Broken: 82% of U.S. Email is Spam Outdoing most analysts' worst predictions, spam accounted for 82 percent of all U.S. email last month.