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 Computerworld: AOL sees sharp drop in spamComputerworld: AOL sees sharp drop in spam
 Spam reports from America Online members dropped from a daily average of almost 11 million in November 2003 to a daily average of about 2.2 million last month, the company said this week. (December 29, 2004)
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Computerworld: Judge awards ISP $1 billion in spam damagesComputerworld: Judge awards ISP $1 billion in spam damages
 U.S. District Court Judge Charles Wolle awarded what is believed to be the largest spam judgment ever to Robert Kramer, an ISP owner who had accused three companies of sending his 5,000 customers millions of pieces of spam in 2003. (December 20, 2004)
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Computerworld: AOL backs away from Microsoft antispam planComputerworld: AOL backs away from Microsoft antispam plan
 America Online Inc. has decided not to fully support Microsoft's Sender ID spam-fighting plan citing intellectual property concerns from the Internet Engineering Task Force and the open-source community. (September 16, 2004)
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Computerworld: Facing pressure, ISP Savvis moves to cut off spammersComputerworld: Facing pressure, ISP Savvis moves to cut off spammers
 Savvis Communications, one of the world's largest ISPs, said it is terminating service to about 40 of its customers who have been using its networks for spamming purposes. (September 8, 2004)
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Computerworld: Spammers use sender authentication too, study saysComputerworld: Spammers use sender authentication too, study says
 The technology hasn't been widely adopted, but spammers are taking it up at a faster rate than legitimate e-mailers. (August 31, 2004)
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Computerworld: AOL, Yahoo rolling out sender authenticationComputerworld: AOL, Yahoo rolling out sender authentication
 America Online and Yahoo plan to begin using technology to verify the source of e-mail messages in coming months as both companies work to stop spam e-mail. (August 12, 2004)
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Computerworld: Survey: 86% of spam comes from the U.S.Computerworld: Survey: 86% of spam comes from the U.S.
 While IP addresses in the U.S. made up just 28% of the spam-sending addresses in a survey by CipherTrust Inc., those addresses sent out much more unsolicited commercial e-mail than spammers from other nations. (August 12, 2004)
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Computerworld: Usenix: 'Arms race' between spammers, spam filters under wayComputerworld: Usenix: 'Arms race' between spammers, spam filters under way
 Classifying e-mail as "good" or "junk" before it's sent to be scanned by spam filters could speed up the delivery of legitimate e-mail, according to a paper presented today at the 2004 Usenix Annual Technical Conference. (June 28, 2004)
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Computerworld: Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo unveil antispam guidelinesComputerworld: Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo unveil antispam guidelines
 An industry organization representing heavyweight e-mail providers Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc. and EarthLink Inc. released recommendations yesterday for ending spam e-mail. (June 23, 2004)
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Computerworld:Microsoft sues eight alleged spammersComputerworld:Microsoft sues eight alleged spammers
 Microsoft is accusing the defendants of violating a new antispam law by spoofing their domains, routing e-mail through open proxies, deceiving customers with misleading subject lines and failing to include unsubscribe options in their e-mails. (June 11, 2004)
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Maccentral: Buffalo spammer gets 3.5 to 7 yearsMaccentral: Buffalo spammer gets 3.5 to 7 years
 A New York man convicted of using the network of Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. to send out hundreds of millions of unsolicited commercial (spam) e-mail was sentenced to between three-and-a-half and seven years in prison Thursday, according to Brad Maione, a spokesman for New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. (May 27, 2004)
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Computerworld: Major ISPs sue hundreds of spammersComputerworld: Major ISPs sue hundreds of spammers
 The lawsuits are among the first filed under a new U.S. law called CAN-SPAM, which went into effect in January. (March 10, 2004)
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Computerworld: Winning Ways to Stop SpamComputerworld: Winning Ways to Stop Spam
 Here's a look at different technologies companies such as Wyndham International have used to solve their spam problems. (February 27, 2004)
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Computerworld: Dual curses: Viruses and spamComputerworld: Dual curses: Viruses and spam
 Two scourges -- viruses and spam -- are the most vexing e-mail issues for CIOs, according to a survey conducted by Ferris Research Inc. and Computerworld. Regulatory compliance isn't far behind. (February 2, 2004)
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