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February 22, 2001 |
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Microsoft prone to protecting e-mail by disabling functions |
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I recently installed Office 2000 Service Release 1 on my computer as the suggested update for Office and Outlook to fix known security holes in these programs. As a result I am no longer able to receive attachments with the .EXE extension as well as a number of other file extensions. Is there anyway I can unblock their blocking? ... »
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February 22, 2001 |
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DMA Opposes Presidential Postal Commission |
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The Direct Marketing Association came out yesterday against several proposals by various mailing organizations to develop a Presidential Commission on Postal Service. The organization said such a commission would simply be studying an issue that has already been a topic of much analysis on Capitol Hill over the past five years. Instead, the DMA is calling for the immediate reintroduction of existing postal reform legislation ... »
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February 22, 2001 |
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Hard battle lies ahead to shut the lid tightly on e-mail spam |
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IN THe low-tech days of Monty Python, serving Spam presented a gastronomic dilemma and junk mail came through the post. Not any more. Receiving unsolicited, or "spam" e-mails costs business millions of pounds every year, according to a study for the European Commission. Spam is on the increase and no internet user is immune to the threat of attack. Even internet giants such as AOL have suffered at the hands of rogue assaults ... »
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February 22, 2001 |
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Phase2Media Direct Expands E-mail Sales Team; |
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Phase2Media, a leading Internet advertising sales and marketing organization, has named Raymond Howard account manager, e-mail and direct sales in the company's San Francisco office. The announcement was made today by Richy Glassberg, chairman and CEO. Phase2Media E-mail has emerged as a leader in the e-mail marketing arena, offering advertisers an e-mail marketing solution that combines premium online and offline brands with sophisticated targeting capabilities of over 50 million e-mail names. ... »
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February 22, 2001 |
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Nurse admits in e-mail to dosing Alzheimer patient with morphine |
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WATERFORD TOWNSHIP — After finding God, Anne Nicolai wanted to make peace with herself and the world. So, the hospice nurse wrote an e-mail to her boyfriend in which she detailed how she killed three elderly patients under her care, each with a fatal dose of morphine. Oakland County prosecutors have not decided if charges will be filed against the 37-year-old Davison woman in the death of 95-year-old Helen Walling, who was under Nicolai's care at a Waterford Township nursing home ... »
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February 22, 2001 |
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Grey Direct to Offer ITXC's Push to Talk Service for E-Mail Campaigns |
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ITXC Corp., Princeton, NJ, has reported that Grey eMMetrics, the e-mail marketing division of marketing agency Grey Direct, will offer its clients ITXC's Push to Talk Service for use in their e-mail campaigns ... »
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February 21, 2001 |
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E-Mail Front and Center at DMA's Net.Marketing Conference |
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The Direct Marketing Association's fifth annual Net.Marketing conference, set to begin in Seattle on Feb. 26, is expected to generate less controversy than last year's show. Talk among some e-mail companies last year included breaking away from the DMA's Association for Interactive Media subsidiary and forming an independent organization because many believed their interests were not being represented. That plan never came to fruition because none of the companies were willing to take on the administrative duties necessary to form a new organization ... »
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February 21, 2001 |
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E-mail Lets Companies Deliver Bad News From Afar |
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Better watch that e-mail. Instead of explaining layoffs and spending cuts in person, bosses are avoiding the dreaded task by using technology to break bad news. Many employees are learning via e-mail that job cuts are in the works or colleagues already have been laid off. E-mail is also being used to inform workers of travel restrictions, hiring freezes and other significant spending changes ... »
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February 21, 2001 |
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E-Mail Virus Gives Anna Kournikova Highest Ranking Ever |
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Terra Lycos (NASDAQ:TRLY), the leading global Internet network, today announced the following information from The Lycos 50(TM), the 50 most popular user searches for the week ending February 17, 2001. For a complete list of The Lycos 50(TM) and for in-depth text of The Lycos 50 Daily Report, go to http://50.lycos.com. ... »
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February 21, 2001 |
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24/7 Media Evaluating Ways to Improve Its Cash Position |
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24/7 Media Inc. said yesterday that it is "evaluating strategic alternatives to improve" its cash position and that it will postpone its fourth-quarter and full-year 2000 earnings release until March 21. The international media, Internet and technology company had originally planned to release its earnings on Feb. 26. Mitchell Simmons, a spokesman for the New York-based company, said 24/7 Media is looking to shore up its cash position. He would not say exactly what course of action the company plans to take ... »
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