AOL awarded millions in spam case
(except for spamers of course). For the first time an ISP managed
to sue over a junk e-mail operation. As Randall Boe says in the
article:
It sends a clear, distinct message to spammers: AOL is
prepared to use all of the legal and technological tools available
to shut down spammers.
AOL, as other email service
providers like Yahoo!, use an
anti-spam technology based on users feedback:
It’s also played up spam-filtering technology in its
new Web access software, AOL 8.0, which launched in October. The
software lets subscribers report spam with the click of a button.
The process helps AOL bolster its filtering technology. Since the
software’s launch, the company said, AOL has been able to reduce
the amount of incoming spam by 20 percent as a result of members’
spam reports.
This is clearly
spam must be defeated, with the help of everyone involved. We
will win this.
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