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    Top: Computers: Internet: Abuse: Spam: Articles:

• - Articles about how e-mail marketers can avoid spamming.
  
• - An editorial on the negative effects of sending spam.
  
• - Discussion of spam history and early spam sightings.
  
• - Collection of articles written by a former employee of MAPS.
  
• - Suggested non-extraterritorial UK legislation that would stop spam globally.
  
• - This report by the Internet Mail Consortium discusses a variety of filtering mechanisms.
  
• - Three companies using email to solicit the sale of nonexistent web addresses have been ordered to close their web businesses. [requires free NYTimes.com registration to view]
  
• - Papers about and links to projects about ways of filtering electronic information.
  
• - Threaded discussion of spam detection systems and the razor p2p system specifically.
  
• - Bill Gates gives his views on spam.
  
• - Tutorial to provide easy way to filter your unwanted junk email in Outlook and Outlook Express.
  
• - A description of Nigerian scams (also called 419 scams), with images and links.
  
• - A collection of links to help show Internet marketers why spam is harmful to their business and to provide some alternative means of responsible marketing.
  
• - A paper arguing against the practice of spam-blocking on Usenet by using an altered email address.
  
• - This report discusses the costs of spam.
  
• - An e-mail marketer argues that ISPs can profit from e-mail marketing if it is done responsibly.
  
• - Article about how businesses can advertise without spamming.
  
• - Describes the tactics of Opt In Inc. and the president of Opt In Inc., Charles "Steve" Hardigree.