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- ORBS antispam site shut down - - The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com] (December 1, 1998)
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- When is email marketing spam? - - 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] (August 31, 1998)
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- Antislamming act draws fire - - 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] (August 6, 1998)
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- Spammers jump gun on legislation - - Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET] (August 3, 1998)
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- Settlement in first antispam law - - 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] (July 16, 1998)
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- Reward offered to find spammer - - Wanted: One spammer. Reward offered. A San Diego software engineer who's 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] (July 7, 1998)
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- Three ways to spamproof your in-box - - 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] (June 30, 1998)
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- Political Spamming - - 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. (April 18, 1998)
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- AT&T spams Webmasters - - AT&T spamed 1,000 Webmasters with unsolicited promotional email messages; they were not happy. [cnet] (January 14, 1998)
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