http://dir.salon.com/topics/spam/?source=rss&aim=spam en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST By Cary Tennis Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/13/fluffy_kitten_emails/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/13/fluffy_kitten_emails/index.html?source=rss Should someone inform the boss that these chain letters are bogus and scary? Should I send a link to Snopes.com? By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/10/15/spam_jail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/10/15/spam_jail/index.html?source=rss The case illustrates a modern maxim: Spam pays. By Scott Rosenberg Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/13/email_etiquette/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/07/13/email_etiquette/index.html?source=rss A spate of e-mail etiquette guides and productivity manuals commands us to clear out our e-mail. Don't we all have better things to do? By Alex Koppelman Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/01/spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/01/spam/index.html?source=rss There really is a way to make money off those annoying, relentless e-mails about "hot stocks." By Andrew Leonard Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/23/china_net_users/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/23/china_net_users/index.html?source=rss Also: that Internet thing? Still popular in China By Brian McWilliams Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/01/19/microsoft_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/01/19/microsoft_spam/index.html?source=rss Bill Gates said junk e-mail would be history by 2006. His prediction's being buried by an avalanche of Viagra ads and Rolex pitches -- and his company's policies are a big reason why. By Farhad Manjoo and Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/01/03/predictions2005/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/01/03/predictions2005/index.html?source=rss Also: Google closes its digital library doors, and Dennis Kucinich's blog rocks your world. Salon's technology and business predictions for 2005. By Brian McWilliams Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 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, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 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 Farhad Manjoo Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/07/16/e_mail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/07/16/e_mail/index.html?source=rss Forget spam -- our real conundrum is the overload of legitimate e-mail. But help is coming. By Sam Williams Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/08/bots/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/08/bots/index.html?source=rss From blog spam to pornbots, new strains of computer programs aimed at pumping up Google page ranks just keep on coming. By Farhad Manjoo and Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/24/year_in_review_2003/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/24/year_in_review_2003/index.html?source=rss In 2003, Howard Dean scored big with the Web, while India took advantage of online communications to grab thousands of white-collar jobs from the West. The Net, it turns out, still matters. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/02/e_mail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/02/e_mail/index.html?source=rss Four Internet pioneers discuss the sorry state of online communication today. The consensus: It's a real mess. By Brian McWilliams Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/07/29/spam_nazi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/07/29/spam_nazi/index.html?source=rss What does a former white-power activist do after being drummed out of the movement? He turns to peddling penis-enlargement pills. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2003/06/24/filters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2003/06/24/filters/index.html?source=rss The institutions struggling to rid the Internet of porn and spam may have found the one weapon that works: The Net itself. By Laura Miller Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 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 Michelle Delio Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/27/spam_fighter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/27/spam_fighter/index.html?source=rss Suresh Ramasubramanian's job is to stop junk e-mail from ever getting to your in box. But for every spammer he blocks, a dozen more rise up. By Brian McWilliams Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/21/iraq_online/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/21/iraq_online/index.html?source=rss The U.S. could unplug Iraq from the Net with ease. So why hasn't it? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/21/moab_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/21/moab_spam/index.html?source=rss Candidate for the most repulsive spam of all time? An ad for a boobs and bombs T-shirt celebrating the destruction of Baghdad. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/20/political_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/20/political_spam/index.html?source=rss An outraged constituent is suing Elizabeth Dole's campaign for sending junk e-mail. Is spam from politicians a crime -- or a vital First Amendment right? By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/07/crushmaster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/07/crushmaster/index.html?source=rss Are those secret-admirer e-mails real -- or just the latest excrescence of an Internet marketing machine grown unfathomably sleazy? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/24/spam_assassin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/24/spam_assassin/index.html?source=rss The only way to stem the flood of unwanted e-mail may be to harness a million eyeballs and an army of open-source hackers. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/03/nissan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/03/nissan/index.html?source=rss Is a North Carolina businessman a cybersquatter unfairly pirating the car maker's brand name, or something even worse: A spammer of journalists? By Mark Griffith Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/14/spam_love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/11/14/spam_love/index.html?source=rss Or, how I stopped worrying and learned to love spam. By Damien Cave Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/17/war_spam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/17/war_spam/index.html?source=rss Bin Laden toilet paper! Cipro e-mail! In the great American tradition, an army of entrepreneurs is trying to make hay on horror.