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Is Spamhaus blacklist of Terrorism Research Center too much?
Posted on 2007-01-29 23:03:35 / 1872 bytes

Replies to AOL's email "tax" and some explanations of why it's needed
Posted on 2007-01-25 00:09:19 / 21937 bytes

AOL's email "tax" and how it affects small mailing lists
Posted on 2007-01-24 01:10:34 / 1962 bytes

Which mortgage lenders are spammers? A lawsuit offers hints
Posted on 2006-07-14 16:06:57 / 1554 bytes

Debate over AOL and spam-blocking between Suresh Ramasubramanian and Danny O'Brien
Posted on 2006-05-11 00:05:32 / 11837 bytes

Debate over DearAOL.com between Suresh Ramasubramanian and Danny O'Brien
Posted on 2006-04-15 09:03:33 / 25474 bytes

John Gilmore on DearAOL.com and user control of spam filtering
Posted on 2006-04-15 00:34:39 / 5924 bytes

Details on how DearAOL.com works, and AOL's junk mail filtering
Posted on 2006-04-15 00:33:03 / 9096 bytes

Why was Moveon.org blocked by AOL? Did recipients want the email messages?
Posted on 2006-04-13 22:11:54 / 7538 bytes

Two responses to AOL, Goodmail, and paying-to-send-Politech post
Posted on 2006-02-09 00:06:21 / 9555 bytes

Yahoo, AOL, Goodmail and Politech: Paying so email goes through?
Posted on 2006-02-09 00:03:52 / 5647 bytes

Florida attorney general Charlie Crist, political spammer
Posted on 2006-01-02 23:06:12 / 1436 bytes

An email provider's take on FTC's "zombie" crackdown
Posted on 2005-05-27 00:06:18 / 3972 bytes

Offing spammers: More and more laws, or enforcement of existing ones?
Posted on 2005-05-24 23:38:25 / 12708 bytes

FTC plans spam "zombie" crackdown: a good idea?
Posted on 2005-05-24 09:53:29 / 1201 bytes

More on spam elimination by arresting a mere 200 bottom-feeders
Posted on 2005-05-20 11:45:01 / 17270 bytes

To eliminate spam, arrest 200 people: a proposal
Posted on 2005-05-20 00:13:31 / 2344 bytes

Canada's solution to stopping spam: "new, targeted legislation"
Posted on 2005-05-19 00:57:43 / 9670 bytes

FTC asks for public comments on Can Spam Act
Posted on 2005-05-16 23:47:21 / 5314 bytes

SpamArrest asks another author of true but critical info for takedown
Posted on 2005-05-04 23:30:13 / 3491 bytes

Appeals court protects ISP's right to boot suspected spammer
Posted on 2005-01-27 00:00:00 / 1121 bytes

The First Sp-m Message -- from the green card attorneys in 1994
Posted on 2005-01-11 00:00:00 / 2096 bytes

More on UN spam meeting and junk fax laws
Posted on 2004-07-21 00:10:26 / 7129 bytes

Report from UN spam meeting in Geneva, from William Drake
Posted on 2004-07-13 23:08:41 / 5355 bytes

U.N. bureaucrats want to help you reduce your spam
Posted on 2004-07-13 00:36:13 / 679 bytes

Aaron Russo's campaign junk email nothing new?
Posted on 2004-05-28 00:00:00 / 1844 bytes

Weekly column: Invasion of Comcast spam zombies
Posted on 2004-05-25 00:00:00 / 2062 bytes

Two anti-spam technologies converge: SPF and Microsoft's Caller ID
Posted on 2004-05-25 00:00:00 / 975 bytes

Ray Everett-Church replies to John Gilmore: "Cry me a river"
Posted on 2004-05-18 00:00:00 / 2581 bytes

Weekly column: Political spam, the new national pastime?
Posted on 2004-05-18 00:00:00 / 1373 bytes

Here's someone who actually likes political spam
Posted on 2004-05-18 00:00:00 / 5488 bytes

New Zealand government's discussion paper on spam laws
Posted on 2004-05-18 00:00:00 / 1038 bytes

John Gilmore on Feinstein not accepting email
Posted on 2004-05-14 00:00:00 / 1249 bytes

Michael Geist on Canadian law and punishing spammers
Posted on 2004-05-05 00:00:00 / 9982 bytes

California's Sen. Feinstein no longer accepts email
Posted on 2004-05-05 00:00:00 / 1237 bytes

DOJ, FTC announce first CAN SPAM arrests
Posted on 2004-04-30 00:00:00 / 2921 bytes

Alleged spam-scammer gets his email address yanked
Posted on 2004-04-06 00:00:00 / 1798 bytes

How to catch a scam-spammer
Posted on 2004-04-05 00:00:00 / 12790 bytes

How long to jail spammers, from profs Goldman and O'Hear
Posted on 2004-03-18 00:00:00 / 998 bytes

Fox News reporter wants to find a spammer
Posted on 2004-03-18 00:00:00 / 1443 bytes

First-hand report from Asia Pacific "Net abuse" conference
Posted on 2004-03-04 00:00:00 / 7905 bytes

Call for volunteers in anti-spam working groups
Posted on 2004-02-12 00:00:00 / 3264 bytes

Spammers capitalize on Janet Jackson breast, um, flap?
Posted on 2004-02-09 00:00:00 / 4903 bytes

Is "permission based marketer" another way to say spammer?
Posted on 2004-01-30 00:00:00 / 5893 bytes

Antivirus companies are unrepentant spammers?
Posted on 2004-01-28 00:00:00 / 2343 bytes

"Permission-based email marketers" confused about CAN SPAM law
Posted on 2004-01-28 00:00:00 / 7627 bytes

Matchmaking spam: "Looking for Juror #3 Van Nuys Superior Court"
Posted on 2004-01-06 00:00:00 / 1759 bytes

President Bush signs first federal spam law, takes effect Jan. 1
Posted on 2003-12-16 00:00:00 / 4210 bytes

Yahoo endorses anti-spam "trusted email" technique
Posted on 2003-12-08 00:00:00 / 3940 bytes

Anonymous commercial speech and federal spam legislation
Posted on 2003-12-04 00:00:00 / 7912 bytes