Clinton Herald: Kramer wins another spam judgment; more than $236 million
“Robert W. Kramer III, owner and operator of CIS Internet Services, received the $236,480,660 judgment against two individual defendants….”
CommentsNetwork World: CAN-SPAM: What went wrong?
“Failure of law to deter spammers shows limits of U.S. legislation in a world of global cybercrime”
CommentsCircleID: Inside a Managed Spam Service
A spammer uses simple tricks like stuffing Cc and Bcc to improve their throughput via a managed spam service — in order to undersell that same service.
CommentsDNSBL Resource: Shutting Down Blacklists
“… if you use DNSBLs on your mailserver, you need to pay attention…” to this article by Al Iverson.
CommentsReturn Path: The Root of All Email
J.D. explains how Jon Postel’s most common quote
“…is the root of all email, from the earliest standards discussions to the latest theories of authentication, reputation, and deliverability.”
Stay Safe Online: National Cyber Security Awareness Month
“October 20008 will be the fifth year of Cyber Security Awareness Month.”
That’s a direct quote, complete with typo & grammatical errors. *sigh*
CommentsWashington Post Security Fix: New Federal Law Targets ID Theft, Cybercrime
“President Bush last week signed into law a bill that seeks to make it easier for prosecutors to go after cybercrooks, while ensuring that identity theft victims are compensated for their time and trouble when convicted identity thieves are forced to cough up ill-gotten gains.”
CommentsBoing Boing: John Hodgman in BBtv's SPAMasterpiece Theater
‘…the debut installment of Boing Boing tv’s SPAMASTERPIECE THEATER, which Hodgman himself describes as the dramatization of “true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you — what we call SPAM.”’
CommentsMX Logic: Spam Survey
anti-spam vendor MX Logic is conducting a somewhat amusing survey on peoples’ attitudes about spam
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