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Despite the clamouring hordes calling for 'something to be done', the amount of spam sent whizzing around the Internet is increasing at a rapid rate -- and looks like it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Internet company Yahoo and software provider Sendmail said Tuesday that they will jointly develop a system for authenticating e-mail, with the goal of mitigating spam.
Yahoo on Monday will begin attaching anti-spam technology to all of its outgoing e-mails, hoping that other providers will follow suit.
Microsoft has filed seven lawsuits against unnamed defendants who it believes sent spam that violated the US anti-spam law CAN-SPAM.
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Persistent performance issues with Norton AntiSpam 2005 have soured our opinion and lead us to recommend MailFrontier Desktop instead.
Norton AntiSpam 2004 earns an Editors' Choice for its simplicity, efficiency, and ability to work inside Outlook Express.
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