Lycos won huge amounts of publicity from its anti-spam tool, but also attracted a storm of criticism from experts claiming the scheme was poorly thought out and a bad idea overall. In a statement from the company said: "We are astonished by the...
Microsoft has debuted its MSN Postmaster Web site, which offers tools and services designed to combat spam. Postmaster is an online resource that offers tools to help ISPs, email service providers and legitimate bulk emailers combat junk email...
These include anti-virus for email, anti-spam and traditional content filtering technologies. Companies are increasingly looking to hardware appliances and hosted services rather than locally installed filtering software when it comes to combating...
Microsoft has launched a case against a German man believed to be the lynchpin of a spam gang. The software behemoth alleges the company sent millions of spam emails advertising Web site design services, online casinos and pornography.
The Internet Engineering Task Force, a standard-setting body, dissolved a working group on Sender ID in September. If your e-mail does not have a Sender ID, Microsoft wants to junk your message. From November, Hotmail and MSN will flag as potential...
Michael said the UK government intends to use its presidency of the EU to further push the anti-spam efforts. China has finally signed up to a global crackdown on spam, adding the most important name to an international accord and leading...