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February 8, 2002 |
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Different workers manage e-mail in different ways |
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Do you work through your e-mail box from top to bottom, or bottom to top? Do you set aside messages that take more than 10 seconds of thought? Do you remember to get back to them? Is the number of messages in your inbox driving you crazy?? ... »
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February 8, 2002 |
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Telstra rebuked over e-mail |
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Telstra has been rebuked by its political master, Communications Minister Richard Alston, after the telco announced yesterday it would cut its Easymail free e-mail service. Telstra said the service had become a significant drag on costs. A spokesman said that many of its 70,000 customer accounts had become dormant. Senator Alston said he was concerned that Telstra was proposing to end Easymail without any transitional arrangements for customers. ... »
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February 8, 2002 |
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Anti-Spam Efforts May Affect YOUR Ability to Send E-mail |
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Pay close attention to your e-mail inbox. If you get a message saying that an e-mail you sent to a legitimate friend or business colleague is undeliverable, it may mean that YOUR e-mail server has been identified by a third party as unsecure, and is being blocked by the recipient because of anti-spamming filters they have in place. Anti-spam efforts have sprung up a cottage industry of experts trying to find ways to get ahead of the spammers to protect you from "junk mail." However, in their zeal to set up spam filters, these solutions have also led some legitimate users - accounting firms included - to be identified as potential spammers and have blocked the ability to receive even these legitimate e-mails. ... »
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February 8, 2002 |
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DMA's E-Mail Guidelines Leave Open Appending Option |
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While the Direct Marketing Association's newly released e-mail marketing guidelines are an unprecedented endorsement of permission-based e-mail marketing by the organization, they leave enough wiggle room to make rigid anti-spammers howl. Among other things, the guidelines allow for sending e-mail to customers who, though they have done business through other channels, may not have given permission for electronic contact. Anti-spam advocates contend that just because someone is an offline customer doesn't mean they want to be contacted online. ... »
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February 6, 2002 |
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Tracing the kidnappers' e-mails |
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One of the notable features of the search for the kidnapped US journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan has been the role of e-mails. The news that Pakistani police have traced at least one of the suspected kidnappers via an e-mail trail raises the question of how easy it is to remain anonymous on the net. Genuine e-mails were sent showing Mr Pearl in captivity. ... »
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February 6, 2002 |
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Think of this as an e-mail from the pope |
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With so many compelling stories dominating the news, something said recently by a very bright man received little notice. The man usually doesn't have much trouble being widely quoted. He is Pope John Paul II. What he said the other day offers an intriguing perspective on something most of us are dealing with. ... »
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February 5, 2002 |
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DMA's e-Mail Guidelines: Better Late Than Never |
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Now that the Direct Marketing Association has released its new and improved guidelines for commercial e-mail marketers, should consumers be impressed? After all, the guidelines mandate that members use real return e-mail addresses — no fake ones — and that every e-mail contain information about how recipients can "opt-out" of any more unsolicited messages. ... »
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February 4, 2002 |
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FTC set to target e-mail scammers |
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Deceptive junk e-mail is the latest target for federal regulators seeking to purge the Internet of fraud. The Federal Trade Commission will announce in the next couple of weeks its first effort to prosecute con artists who specifically use e-mail spam to dupe consumers, said Howard Beales, the agency's director of consumer protection. ... »
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February 4, 2002 |
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Fed up with junk e-mail, individuals take marketers to court |
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Ellen Spertus was outraged when Kozmo.com still sent her e-mail after she declined such pitches. So she sued the online retailer under California’s 1998 anti-spam law. Spertus is among a handful of individuals who have chosen to fight unsolicited e-mail in court. They’ve had mixed success so far in what many consider only the early skirmishes of a war on spam. Junk e-mail is a growing and costly nuisance, clogging e-mail systems with promises to lose weight, make money or see people naked. ... »
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February 4, 2002 |
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US government to go after e-mail spammers |
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The US government is planning to go after "spammers" who swamp internet users with deceptive e-mail offers. The Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce as early as next week that it will use existing laws banning false of deceptive trade practices to go after spammers. ... »
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