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A spam cop goes AWOL: The ORBS blacklist, a controversial tool for stopping unsolicited e-mail, is suddenly inaccessible.; By Damien Cave Jun 8, 2001
Catch the Dot-Com Survivor virus: Is an addictive new trivia game spreading via e-mail innocent fun or state-of-the-art marketing spam?; By Damien Cave Oct 9, 2000
Mano a mano with John McCain: At a committee hearing on online privacy, the senator asks me some tough questions and doesn't like what he hears.; By Simson Garfinkel Oct 6, 2000
Crankcalls.com: "Is Seymour Butts there?" A Web site lets you send automated voice messages to any phone number.; By Damien Cave Aug 15, 2000
Letters to the editor: Recipes for dealing with spam Plus: Who took the surprise out of the Waco raid? Hemlock Society founder weighs in on physician-assisted suicide.; Apr 25, 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 Apr 21, 2000
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 Apr 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 Apr 20, 2000
States outlaw spam: At least 18 states have enacted or are working on legislation that would impose stiff penalties on commercial e-mailers who engage in unsavory tactics.; By Damien Cave Apr 19, 2000
Can spam be canned?: ISPs spend millions annually fighting spam; a federal law headed for the House promises scant relief.; By Damien Cave Apr 19, 2000
Spam virgin: In which we offer up sacrificial e-mail addresses and are spurned by the bulk e-mailing gods.; By Lydia Lee Apr 18, 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 Apr 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.; Apr 17, 2000
Tasty spam?: If companies served up e-mail right, consumers would beg for it, says Hans Peter Brøndmo, founder of Post Communications.; By Lydia Lee Apr 17, 2000
"Opt-in rules!": How does 24/7 Media CEO David Moore target ads without raising the ire of privacy activists? He asks permission.; By Lydia Lee Mar 6, 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 Feb 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 Jan 25, 2000
Mom spam: The cyber-scourge of families everywhere.; By Phaedra Hise Dec 20, 1999
Something for nothing?: On freebie sites you can't always get what you want, but if you try real hard you just might get something free.; By Lydia Lee Dec 17, 1999
Love in the time of spam: For just $2.99 a minute you too can learn how to score with bad party girls from the privacy of your own home!; By Harmon Leon Dec 10, 1999
Letters to the Editor: Horowitz's "revisionist" understanding of race relations
Plus: The politics and art of Rage Against the Machine; telling AOL what to do with its spam-fest.; Letters to the Editor Nov 30, 1999
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 Nov 22, 1999
21st Challenge No. 28 Results: Forward, march! Join the dance of the eternally circulating e-mail.; By Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau Nov 20, 1999
Direct mail double cross?: A fight over opt-in marketing has anti-spam activists crying foul.; By Deborah Scoblionkov Nov 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 Nov 1, 1999

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