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"Junk" E-Mail Costs Consumers' Money: EU Study |
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Internet users worldwide are paying some 10 billion euro (9.4 billion U.S. dollars) a year in connection costs to receive "junk" e-mail, said a study published Friday by the European Commission. The commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU), warned that unless Internet consumers feel their privacy is adequately protected, "the online services in Europe are unlikely to flourish." ... »
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February 2, 2001 |
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eBay to thwart spammers |
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It took ages and hundreds of thousands of complaints, but auction site eBay has finally lifted a finger towards discouraging the low-life spammers who trawl their site sucking up e-mail addys to add to their victim lists. The company has now developed a scheme (simple enough to have been implemented ages ago, but we digress) to conceal the e-mail addresses of those offering goods ... »
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February 2, 2001 |
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**Direct Marketing International Editor Peter Preskett Dies |
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Peter Peskett, editor and publisher of the United Kingdom's Direct Marketing International, died Jan. 26 of a heart attack. The funeral will be at 1 p.m., Feb. 8 at St. Fermins Church in the village of Thurlby, England. A gathering will follow at The Toft House Hotel ... »
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February 1, 2001 |
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Police e-mail sparks anger |
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A message posted by a Baltimore County police officer on the police union Web site has sparked outrage among some black members of the department, who say the posting reflects racist sentiments ... »
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February 1, 2001 |
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AOL warns of password-stealing e-mail virus |
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The virus, dubbed "APStrojan.qa," attempts to steal a member's names and passwords and then send them via e-mail to the virus' author. If a user is logged onto AOL 4.0 or 5.0, the virus also tries to e-mail itself to active people on the member's "buddy list." Thursday's warning comes after McAfee.com, which makes security software, noted a 100 percent increase in the virus over the past three weeks. The virus has been around for about one year ... »
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February 1, 2001 |
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AOL TW hit by e-mail attack |
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Users of AOL Time Warner's internet service are being plagued by a surge of malicious e-mails, loaded with hidden programs than steal passwords and other personal data. McAfee.com, the web security group, on Thursday said it was the most sustained attack of its kind that it had recorded on the internet access service, the world's largest web community ... »
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February 1, 2001 |
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eBay Changing E-Mail Policy to Help Prevent Spam |
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Online auction site eBay said this week that it plans in mid-February to change its e-mail policy to help prevent spam and stop address harvesting. The company would forward all e-mail sent to registered users, rather than allow them to contact each other directly ... »
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February 1, 2001 |
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Junk e-mail is bad enough, but unwanted virus is more than dull |
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One of my favorite people — a reliable and intelligent woman with degrees in science — sent me an e-mail this week that I wanted to ignore, but couldn't quite. "Dear Friends," it began. "This message is on the level and terribly important. This is an alert about a virus that affects your body, not your hard drive." It went on to detail the devastating impact of the so-called Klingerman virus, a disease that appears in a blue envelope mailed seemly randomly to homes. Each large envelope is imprinted with the words, "A Gift for You From the Klingerman Foundation." ... »
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February 1, 2001 |
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E-Mail Marketers Feel Pinch of Dot-Com Slowdown |
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The slowdown in online ad spending, which has severely affected the bottom lines of many online marketers, has spread its misery to e-mail marketers. LifeMinders Inc., Herndon, VA, and Avenue A Inc., Seattle, reported significant losses for the fourth quarter and the full year 2000 ... »
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February 1, 2001 |
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Microsoft experiences e-mail delays |
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SEATTLE — Microsoft employees say outgoing e-mail from company accounts took as long as four days to reach recipients last week.
Microsoft spokesman Adam Sohn confirmed Thursday that the suburban Redmond-based software giant experienced outgoing e-mail delays in the week of Jan. 22. He said the delays occurred because a test lab inside Microsoft sent a large volume of e-mail to Microsoft's Internet mail gateways. The test "got a little bit out of control," he said. ... »
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