Unsolicited email is no longer a mere annoyance - it is one of the biggest challenges facing businesses and their IT infrastructure. Technology, education and legislation are all part of the fight... but is it a fight that can be won?
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Leader: The drugs don't work
They just make it worse...
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Leader: ISPs must be forced to stop spam
Governments around the world take note...
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Leader: The mixed blessing of paid-for email
So if it won't reduce spam, what will it do?
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Leader: Is justice really being meted out to spammers?
Or are their other activities landing them in trouble with the law... ?
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Leader: UK soft on spam
More must be done to fight junk emailers
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Devil's Advocate: How to catch a spammer
To show how hard it is to track a spammer through legitimate means, Martin Brampton attempts to hunt down some individuals plaguing his website. See how far he gets - and what stands in his way.
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Ask the Lawyer: Trademark disputes and stopping spammers
Lawyers Simon Briskman, Sarah Wright and Lise-Anne Dunn from London-based firm Olswang give advice to a silicon.com reader on how to deal with a spammer who's stealing the name of a small business. Does the site owner have any legal recourse?
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Leader: When is spam not spam?
From the kind of pernicious spammers who bombard our inboxes daily to marketers who perhaps send a few stray emails, for whatever reason - all react badly to being linked with spam. For those at the more legit end of the scale it is easy to see why. But who are these people who claim they aren't sending spam? If they don't like the label, they shouldn't send spam.
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
A hiding place for scams, spam and phishing…
Spammers switching on to YouTube?
Video spam and PowerPoint slides next on the menu, warns MessageLabs...
Spam surge emanating from the Far East
Made in China...
US court upholds anti-spam law
Junks convicted spammer's appeal...
Spammers dust off their botnet passports
Targeting pastures new...
Stories from around the web...
Beware: You have mail Times Online
The economies of spam Global Politician
Special report: Fighting spam and cyberscams CNET News.com
Spam ain't dead yet PC Magazine
Slaying Spam-Spewing Zombie PCs PC World
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