Email news for Thursday, April 26, 2007
Major Anti-Spam Lawsuit Filed in Virginia – Washington Post“The company filed the suit on behalf of some 20,000 people who use its anti-spam tool. Web site owners use the project’s free software to...
View ArticleSpam czar behind bars
Ars Technica reported yesterday that a convicted “Spam King may rule prison cell for 11 years after Feds nail him.” “(Adam) Vitale and codefendant Todd Moeller were arrested by the Secret Service in...
View ArticleAppeals Court extends privacy rights of email
From the “you win some, you lose some” department, Wired’s Threat Level blog reports that the “Appeals Court Says Feds Need Warrants to Search E-Mail.” The Good “A federal appeals court on Monday...
View ArticleThe New Yorker on Spam
“Stopping spam [using Bayesian filtering] is a bit like trying to stop the rain by catching every drop before it hits the ground.” You had me at hello, Michael Specter. If you want a well written,...
View ArticleYou May Have Noticed…
Our Friends of Friends/Contacts of Friends feature has been disabled for the time being. Boxbe has been named a defendant in a patent suit, and while we do not believe the patent to be valid or that...
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