Hotmail takes a tougher stance on spam

All the week's news and views about fighting spam, 06/24/05
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Hotmail takes a tougher stance on spam, 06/23/05

Microsoft is throwing the full weight of Hotmail behind its
Sender ID e-mail authentication technology by sidelining
incoming mail when it fails to pass a Sender ID check.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlantispamnewsal2806>

Microsoft closes Sybari deal, will run company as subsidiary,
06/21/05

Microsoft on Tuesday closed its acquisition of Sybari Software
and said the anti-virus and anti-spam vendor would remain a
wholly owned subsidiary but that Microsoft would discontinue
Sybari's line of Unix and Linux products.
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Postini to promote reputation services, 06/20/05

E-mail security provider Postini last week said it has been
awarded a patent covering its approach to identifying threat
patterns in IP traffic, underlining the growing popularity of
such reputation services to help block spam, viruses and other
...
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Microsoft aims at alleged spammers in Germany, 06/20/05

Microsoft has filed a suit against a company in Germany that it
alleges is at the center of a network of companies in the U.S.
and Ukraine distributing unsolicited e-mail.
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E-mail security vendors look beyond spam, 06/20/05

With spam blocking becoming a checklist item for network
managers, anti-spam companies are developing complementary
features and turning to new ways to deliver their technology
with hopes of distinguishing themselves in this heavily crowded
market.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/062005-spam.html?nl>

Weblog: Dog spam making its mark, 06/23/05

If you think spam is all Viagra come-ons and poker tourneys,
anti-spam company Clearswift says a new up-and-coming category
is making its mark: "A whole host of canine-centric items,
from...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/009299.html?nl>
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