Spam-senders in South Africa could face 10 years in prison under draconian measures aimed at ending the plague of unwanted email and cellphone communications, a report said Sunday. via Earth Times
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24  Jun
Vonage did WHAT?

This has been making the rounds in the blogosphere these past few days: Vonage is taking months/years old addresses, submitted ONLY for a forward-to-a-friend promotion, and sending advertising to those people years later.

If true, it violates all best practice guidelines for appropriate email marketing.

If true, it’s questionably legal.

The worst/best part is that the emails Vonage sent claim to be new referrals, saying “Andy Sernowitz asked us to tell you…” even though Andy Sernowitz apparently hasn’t asked Vonage to do this in many, many months.

Psst, Vonage? Ever heard of Jumpstart? If not, I suspect you will be learning more about that particular FTC action soon enough.

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“The spammer community has gotten pretty sophisticated”

DEAR MR. KNOW-IT-ALL: Some of the spam I get doesn’t seem to advertise anything at all - it’s just meaningless strings of letters. via Hartford Courant
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“The current penalties levied against spammers aren’t effective”

Philadelphia Business Journal - 11:56 AM EDT Tuesday, June 19, 2007 A New Jersey bill aimed at cracking down on e-mail spam was unanimously approved by the Senate on Monday and is headed to the full Assembly … via Philadelphia Business Journal
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“This country has a long tradition of open court proceedings, and we’re pleased that as we present our case to the Court of Appeals, the millions of affected AT&T customers will be able to see our arguments and evidence and judge for themselves.”

Consumers, including corporate and banking executives, appear to be targets of a bogus e-mail supposedly sent by the Federal Trade Commission but actually sent by third parties hoping to install spyware on … via Technology News Daily
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Spam: Keep your email address from spambots with Text to ASCII - Lifehacker : “Webapp Text to ASCII converts plain text into its ASCII equivalent - meaning it can obscure your email address or other private … via Geek Night
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