A lawsuit against spam on the Internet is part of a larger effort to control the proliferation of unsolicited e-mail.

A coalition of consumer groups plans to ask the federal government to rescue people from the deluge of unwanted commercial mail that clogs their inboxes and sucks up their time.

The European Parliament has signed off on sweeping guidelines for Internet regulation, including prohibiting spam and the use of cookies without the explicit permission from Web surfers.

Opt-In Marketing Services challenges antispam efforts, organizations in court.

Heavy-handed anti-spam filtering can frequently lead to the loss of legitimate emails.

The Nigerian authorities declare war on the growing of number of fraudsters who use cyber cafes to send out phoney e-mails.

After remaining neutral for some time, the Direct Marketing Association announced last week that it will support U.S. state and federal legislation aimed at curtailing spam.

The Federal Trade Commission today launched an unprecedented crackdown against deceptive junk e-mail - or "spam.? The nascent campaign seeks to marry individual enforcement actions against spammers with a consumer outreach and education program involving several regional Internet service provider associations.

A small-claims court in Washington state has ordered three direct marketers to pay $1,000 apiece for violating the state?s laws against unsolicited junk e-mail, or "spam."

The head of the Canadian Marketing Association is calling for legislation to protect consumers from unsolicited e-mail, or "spam."

The Brumbies rugby union team has scored a try against Telstra after the telco sold them IP addresses discarded by a spammer and blocked by network administrators worldwide.

One difficulty in stopping spammers is that some of their ploys work. If no one believed the story of the deposed, rich prince and others like it, much spam would cease.

A new anti-spam service launched with much fanfare this week is facing some technical hurdles out of the gate and frustration from the community it relies on to fight junk mail.

A meeting reminder from the boss, a lascivious letter from a lover, or the daily tally from a fantasy football league: Which e-mail would you read first?

More than 30 percent of all e-mail is unsolicited and MessageLabs predicts that spam will continue its exponential growth into 2003, surpassing the amount of non-spam e-mail by around July.