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• Anti-spam laws may 'do more harm than good'

  The chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission says anti-spam bills being considered by Congress lack teeth and could be counterproductive.

• Spam's not on US Fed's menu

  If legislation against spam is to be effective in any way, it needs to be implemented on a global level -- particularly in the United States. Declan McCullagh doesn't give much hope of that.

• Serial AU spammer kicked off BigPond

  Telstra has kicked another BigPond user off its network after a two day spam campaign by the customer caught the attention of ISPs.

• 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.

• MPs urged to overhaul Computer Misuse Act

  The Computer Misuse Act -- which became law many years before the Internet entered the mainstream -- is a failure and needs a major overhaul, according to some analysts.

• First complaint filed under Can-Spam

  The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a criminal complaint against four Detroit-area men under the federal Can-Spam Act, in the first case sparked by the legislation.

• U.S. Senate approves anti-spam bill

  The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday for a historic antispam bill, capping more than six years of failed congressional attempts to enact a federal law restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail.

• Spammers use anti-spam protocols to bypass filters

  Spammers have discovered ways of working round protocols that were originally designed to kill spam by allowing e-mail gateways to authenticate the origin of any e-mail. This abuse effectively renders the technologies useless, according to security experts.

• Security vendors beating pump 'n' dump spam?

  Separate research by security vendors McAfee and Marshal Software suggests that the industry is winning the war on spam, with two of the most common forms of spam-related scams on the decline.

• U.S. Senate moves to can spam

  The U.S. is one step closer to enacting anti-spam laws following the unanimous endorsement of the CAN SPAM act by its senate.

• Aust spam enforcers turn to forensics for 'dobbing' campaign

  The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) is stepping up its anti-spam campaign by deploying forensic technology allowing it to closely examine e-mails and act against spammers.

• Aust anti-spam legislation beats international rivals

  Australia's legislation against spam has fared better in the opinions of anti-spam activists than its international counterparts.

• US lawmakers: It's open season on spam

  Proposals to control the digital deluge in the US include a national "do not e-mail" list and criminal penalties for repeat offenders.

• Russia and China 'behind current spam deluge'

  As hardcore criminals step up their spamming, experts believe that nine out of 10 of all emails may soon be unsolicited junk.

• AU small business defends Yellow Pages "spam"

  A small Australian ISP has defended its practice of sending unsolicited commercial e-mails to addresses listed in the Yellow Pages.

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