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After many months of hard work we are proud to present the latest close-to-final release candidate version of our new software product a-squared Anti-Spam. It's a desktop anti spam solution designed for...

After many months of hard work we are proud to present the first public beta version of our new software product a-squared Anti-Spam. It's a desktop anti spam solution designed for personal users who are...

Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it had revised its proposal to weed out "spam" e-mail to win over skeptical Internet engineers who have been reluctant to adopt technology owned by the dominant software company. Microsoft...

Cisco claims that it is on the verge of an anti-spam router breakthrough. If successful this Cisco only technology would dramatically cut SPAM. At the same time it give Cisco a good revenue...

Microsoft's plan to reduce spam by forcing an email sender's machine to solve a puzzle may be defeated by the Internet's army of zombie PCs, say security experts One of Microsoft's plans...

The announcement came in conjunction with the first upgrade to Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft's E-mail server platform. Microsoft has reversed course and says it will make its anti-spam technology, dubbed Intelligent...

Security software maker Symantec Corp. announced Wednesday it is acquiring the anti-spam firm Brightmail Inc. in a cash deal valued at about $370 million. Symantec said the acquisition will complement its security products. Unsolicited e-mail,...

Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it has adopted an e-mail "whitelist" program by IronPort Systems Inc. that will allow legitimate marketers to thread the gauntlet of spam filters protecting its inboxes. Microsoft's Hotmail and MSN...

A patent granted to managed e-mail security company Postini could pose problems for the company's competitors and others in the managed e-mail services market, experts warn. If enforced, the patent, which covers an...

BILL GATES addressed the "spam problem" in San Francisco yesterday, detailing Microsoft's "Coordinated Spam Reduction Initiative" (CSRI) and unveiling a proposal for an e-mail sender-ID system not unlike a mobile phone's caller ID system. Speaking...

EU directive will be crippled by countries failing to comply, warn anti-spam experts The new anti-spam directive which came into force today will not stop unsolicited email, critics have warned. ...

Congress approved a bill Monday outlawing some of the most annoying forms of junk e-mail and creating a "do not spam" registry. By a voice vote, the House approved the bill containing...

SHOWING ALL the acumen for which politicians are renowned, the upper house of Australia's federal parliament has significantly watered down its proposed anti-spam legislation. What was less-than-perfect legislation but generally headed in the right direction...

Applauds House for Passing Anti-Spam Bill As Legislation Moves Closer to the White House for President Bush's Signature Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp., today issued the...

senior anti-spam activist is calling on law enforcement authorities to track down the perpetrators behind a widespread and sustained attack on anti-spam sites. The call, from Steve Linford of Spamhaus, comes along with fresh evidence...

Three Web sites that provide spam blocking lists have shut down as a result of crippling Internet attacks in what experts on Thursday said is an escalation in the war between spammers and opponents of...

July summit will pool ideas on curbing spam's spiralling growth The first UK spam summit will take place on 1 July in London, MP Derek Wyatt announced this month. Meanwhile, free email...

Not sure i really like this approach too much... "A system that backers claim will eliminate e-mail spam is about to be deployed by a major Internet service provider, giving a boost to...

Today is anti-Spam day here at neowin.net :) A recently formed group of e-mail marketers has opened a new front in the escalating war over unsolicited e-mail, suing several organizations that track...

The three major anti-virus software vendors are all building on their anti-spam offerings. Symantec, Trend Micro and Network Associates are all fighting for a share of the growing market. With these established players making moves,...

Thanks Paul Stockton for sending this in. A move by BT to cut out spam passing through its servers has ended up deleting valid emails sent out by some of BT's ADSL customers....