Studies
The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, January 2006
“Many e-mail users entered the new year with more spam. Integrated message management firm Postini released its annual report which uses 2005 activity to provide an outlook for 2006.”
ClickZ, February 15, 2006 No Comments »
“On January 28, 2004, Bill Gates predicted that spam would be a “thing of the past” within two years. His deadline has come and gone and spam is still with us. Although, some authorities say it is declining, a little.”
eMarketer, February 7, 2006 No Comments »
“Who decides what is spam and what isn’t? The consumer perhaps?”
eMarketer, January 27, 2006 No Comments »
“A new report by Ipswitch indicates that the number of spam e-mail message may be down, but surmises that spam may just be appearing elsewhere instead.”
eMarketer, January 11, 2006 No Comments »
“According to a new study, the Internet is transforming a nation of shoppers into a nation of sellers.” Free until 1/14/06.
eMarketer, December 15, 2005 No Comments »
“Email users get more spam, but the harmful impact of unsolicited messages is diminishing for them. More than a third of email users have gotten phishing solicitations”
Pew Internet, April 10, 2005 No Comments »
The CAN-SPAM Act has not helped most email users so far: A PIP Data Memo
Pew Internet, March 17, 2004 No Comments »
News
Email Marketers ‘Shockingly’ Unaware of CAN-SPAM
MarketingVox, March 24, 2006 No Comments »
“eMarketer reports that email spam levels have fallen over the past year, and that the breakdown of spam, by category, has also changed.”
iMedia Connection, January 18, 2006 No Comments »
Spammer Ordered to Pay $11.2 Billion
MarketingVox, January 6, 2006 No Comments »
Is CAN-SPAM Effective? FTC Says Yes
“In its report to Congress on the effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM Act, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) calls the two-year-old law a crucial weapon in the war on spam.”
ClickZ, December 20, 2005 No Comments »
Harvesters Still At Work but Spam More Manageable
“Spammers continue to harvest e-mail addresses, but marketers will be pleased to learn the spam scourge is growing more manageable. That’s the conclusion of a new study released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).”
ClickZ, November 29, 2005 No Comments »
FTC: ISP Anti-Spam Efforts Work
MarketingVox, November 29, 2005 No Comments »
Marketing Scoop Launches SAFELINK
“Marketing Scoop, LLC has launched SAFELINK, an advocacy program asking marketers to provide assurances that emails and embedded URL links are safe to consumers.”
iMedia Connection, November 28, 2005 No Comments »
FTC Moves to Restrain Affiliate Spammers
“A recently settled CAN-SPAM complaint underlines the liability of companies for the actions of their affiliates.”
ClickZ, November 18, 2005 No Comments »
Apache SpamAssassin 3.1.0 Includes Delivery Ehancements for Habeas Certified Senders
Habeas’ sender certifications work with SpamAssassin to improve SPAM scores of certified senders, thus improving deliverability
Habeas Press Release, October 12, 2005 No Comments »
Report: Antispam push helping curb U.S. junk mail
“While the United States continues to be the world’s worst source of spam, computers there are relaying far fewer junk e-mails than a year ago, according to Sophos.”
CNET News.com, October 12, 2005 No Comments »
Commentary
Understand SpamAssassin for Better Delivery Rates
By Kirill Popov of ISP and Loren McDonald of EmailLabs
ClickZ Experts, November 23, 2005 No Comments »