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  The war for your e-mail box http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/10/cov_30feature.html
Do we need anti-spam laws? Some Net veterans think the unthinkable. [Salon 21st]
  Settlement in First Antispam Law http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-213430.html
Stan Smith of Salem, Oregon, had never heard of junk email, let alone "spam" or any laws banning it. He just wanted to spread the word about Tahitian noni juice, which he says is pretty much a miracle cure for a wide variety of ailments. [CNET]
  When is email marketing spam? http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-215051.html
Like it or not, email is still the best way to reach a mass online audience--and even community sites and online services are willing to use it. [CNET]
  I Don't Like Spam http://www.cpsr.org/prevsite/program/privacy/spam_jj.html
by Jeff Johnson [CPSR]
  Three ways to spamproof your in-box http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/30/diy.spam.idg/index.html
PROBLEM: You're drowning in unsolicited e-mail messages. SOLUTION: Filter your incoming e-mail, contact your Internet service provider, and hunt down the culprits. [CNN]
  Would you accept spam in exchange for lower Net costs? http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/23/cheap.spam.idg/index.html
Would you cheerfully open your e-mail in-box to all the spam you can stand in exchange for a cut-rate ISP account? [CNN]
  E-mail overload drives many users bananas http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/18/email.overload.idg/index.html
Try to imagine your e-mail in-box accumulating 300 to 600 messages - not while you are away on vacation, but every day. [CNN]
  Reward offered to find spammer http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-201205.html
Wanted: One spammer. Reward offered. A San Diego software engineer whose had it with people using his domain name "live.net" to send out spam is offering a $100 reward to anyone who can deliver the offending parties--or at least their names--to him. [CNET]
  On the beat with the Internet spam cops http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9806/19/spam.cops.idg/index.html
  Political Spamming http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/04/18/MN13037.DTL
In a pioneering move that may herald the dawn of the cyber-campaign, hundreds of thousands of Californians will soon begin hearing from political candidates via e-mail.
  ORBS antispam site shut down http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-218552.html
The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com]
  Spammers jump gun on legislation http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-214028.html
Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]
  Antislamming act draws fire http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-214185.html
A House Commerce subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Consumer Antislamming Act, containing controversial provisions aimed at protecting Net users from junk email that antispammers say actually legitimize spam. [CNET]

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