[CNN]

Would you cheerfully open your e-mail in-box to all the spam you can stand in exchange for a cut-rate ISP account? [CNN]

Try to imagine your e-mail in-box accumulating 300 to 600 messages - not while you are away on vacation, but every day. [CNN]

Do we need anti-spam laws? Some Net veterans think the unthinkable. [Salon 21st]

Like it or not, email is still the best way to reach a mass online audience--and even community sites and online services are willing to use it. [CNET]

In a pioneering move that may herald the dawn of the cyber-campaign, hundreds of thousands of Californians will soon begin hearing from political candidates via e-mail.

The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com]

Interview with David Kramer, an anti-spam crusader. [Computerworld]

A House Commerce subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Consumer Antislamming Act, containing controversial provisions aimed at protecting Net users from junk email that antispammers say actually legitimize spam. [CNET]

AT&T spamed 1,000 Webmasters with unsolicited promotional email messages; they were not happy. [cnet]

Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]

Stan Smith of Salem, Oregon, had never heard of junk email, let alone "spam" or any laws banning it. He just wanted to spread the word about Tahitian noni juice, which he says is pretty much a miracle cure for a wide variety of ailments. [CNET]

A spammer settles out of court to avoid prosecution under state anti-spam laws. [CNET.com]