Junk E-Mail

  • Remove me!

    Do those unsubscribe links actually work, or are they just another spammer scam? A reporter goes undercover in the world of fake Rolexes to find the answer.
    By Brian McWilliams December 14, 2004

  • Spam, the Nazi hunter and Citizen Joe

    The fight against junk e-mail is never pretty, but what happens when a spam-fighter messes with the wrong party?
    By Brian McWilliams September 7, 2004

  • When spam filters go bad

    Trying to block junk mail, my cable modem company installed a system that prevented me from getting my REAL mail -- and when I complained, insisted it was all for the good of the System.
    By Laura Miller June 19, 2003

  • How to avoid the evil eye

    There are a few ways to evade spammers, but most will limit your reception of other mail too.
    By Simson Garfinkel April 21, 2000

  • Bad company

    Steamy sex spam isn't the half of it. Legitimate businesses threaten our e-mail system with their misguided marketing efforts.
    By Simson Garfinkel April 21, 2000

  • They know where you live

    While you're busy bickering about what happens to personal data online, the post office is selling your new home address to junk mailers.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski April 20, 2000

  • Damn spam!

    Not only does it clutter up your in box, but even when you say yes, you'd like to make $20,000 in your spare time, nobody answers.
    By Janelle Brown April 18, 2000

  • Planet Spam

    Bulk commercial e-mail: Where does it come from? Where is it going? What can you do to stop it? A Salon Technology special report.
    April 17, 2000

  • Stop the "personal" spam

    As online journalism erodes the long-standing wall between editors and business folks, my in box is filling with faux friendly e-mail.
    By Geoff Edgers February 2, 2000

  • "Excuse me, are you human?"

    How do you know your new e-mail pen pal isn't an intelligent agent?
    By Simson Garfinkel January 25, 2000

  • Letters to the Editor

    Is it time for a female vice president? Plus: Get that spam out of my mailbox; "Millionaire" contestant gives Philbin the thumbs-up.
    Letters to the Editor November 22, 1999

  • Direct mail double cross?

    A fight over opt-in marketing has anti-spam activists crying foul.
    By Deborah Scoblionkov November 12, 1999

  • The spam-master

    Sunil Paul, CEO of Brightmail, explains what it takes to be a two-time winner in the Internet economy.
    By Andrew Leonard November 1, 1999
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