Category: Spam

Are you sick of spam? You should be. By the end of this year, 71 per cent of email sent worldwide will be spam, according to a researcher, The Radicati Group. This article in The Age outlines the problem and the steps one can take to reduce the junk you receive.

A new code requiring Internet and e-mail service providers to undertake a range of spam-fighting measures will come into force in July.

The International Telecommunications Union is holding a World Telecommunications Development Conference this week and has reportedly used the opportunity to release a new study on combatting spam. The Financial Times reports that the ITU concludes that while all countries need anti-spam legislation, a more effective approach would be to require the establishment of enforceable codes of conduct by ISPs. In particular, the ITU recommends codes to require ISPs to prohibit their customers from spamming and not to enter into peering arrangements with ISPs that do not accept similar codes of conduct.

Government inaction is hampering attempts to prosecute people who send spam emails, according to reports.