http://dir.salon.com/topics/junk_e_mail/?source=rss&aim=junk_e_mail en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST By Brian McWilliams Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/12/14/remove_me/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/12/14/remove_me/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/09/07/spamfight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/09/07/spamfight/index.html?source=rss The fight against junk e-mail is never pretty, but what happens when a spam-fighter messes with the wrong party? By Laura Miller Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/06/19/spamblockers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/06/19/spamblockers/index.html?source=rss 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 Simson Garfinkel Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/21/avoid_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/21/avoid_spam/index.html?source=rss There are a few ways to evade spammers, but most will limit your reception of other mail too. By Simson Garfinkel Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/21/company_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/21/company_spam/index.html?source=rss Steamy sex spam isn't the half of it. Legitimate businesses threaten our e-mail system with their misguided marketing efforts. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/20/postal_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/20/postal_spam/index.html?source=rss 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 Janelle Brown Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/18/spam_graveyard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/18/spam_graveyard/index.html?source=rss 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. Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/special/spam_package/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/special/spam_package/index.html?source=rss 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. By Geoff Edgers Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/02/02/promo_journalists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/02/02/promo_journalists/index.html?source=rss As online journalism erodes the long-standing wall between editors and business folks, my in box is filling with faux friendly e-mail. By Simson Garfinkel Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/25/artificial_intelligence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/01/25/artificial_intelligence/index.html?source=rss How do you know your new e-mail pen pal isn't an intelligent agent? Letters to the Editor Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/22/female_vp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/22/female_vp/index.html?source=rss Is it time for a female vice president? Plus: Get that spam out of my mailbox; "Millionaire" contestant gives Philbin the thumbs-up. By Deborah Scoblionkov Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/12/spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/12/spam/index.html?source=rss A fight over opt-in marketing has anti-spam activists crying foul. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/01/sunil_paul/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/01/sunil_paul/index.html?source=rss Sunil Paul, CEO of Brightmail, explains what it takes to be a two-time winner in the Internet economy.