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  • UK teen sentenced for Randex virus

    A British teenager has been sentenced for his part in writing and distributing the Randex worm which turned infected PCs into 'zombies', controlled by spammers and designed to send out vast quantities of unsolicited email.

  • Legal experts urge spam leniency

    While many e-mail account holders would like to throw spammers in the slammer and throw away the key, some legal experts are arguing for leniency in enforcing the federal Can-Spam law.

  • Lawmakers pledge federal anti-spam bills

    Federal lawmakers Wednesday promised to introduce legislation this year to attack the problem of spam, with proposals to create a national "do not e-mail" list and apply criminal penalties for repeat offenders.

  • Spam-stuffed systems an unwelcome gift

    Spam will overhaul legitimate e-mail by July 2003, according to e-mail managed service provider MessageLabs, a situation highlighted when many workers returned to their computers post-Christmas to e-mail accounts stuffed with spam.

  • Spam wars: Can they be won?

    Two Amercian men could be the first to face criminal charges related to spam after they allegedly crashed a company's computer system by re-routing tens of thousands of unsolicited emails through its servers.

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