Universities fight spam with filters and new laws loom
University IT officials push for stronger spam controls as Congress considers opt out and opt in rules. The UI plans to deploy PureMessage to cut up to 98 percent of spam. currently 100000 of 2 million weekly mails are blocked from known spammers.
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Spamcop
Hardle
Congress
European Union
Australia
United States
ActiveState
Pruess
University of Iowa
Alliant Energy Co
Lisha Coffey
Technology Department
Coffey
How Spam Became a Four Letter Word in Email
The spam term stems from a Monty Python sketch where Vikings chant Spam in a diner. Hormel Foods fears public confusion as unsolicited email floods inboxes, noting the conflict between the brand name Spam and junk mail.
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Monty Python
Hormel Foods Inc
Hormel Foods
Spam myths and policing efforts across the United States
The piece surveys spam techniques and legal debates, noting church humor ads and illicit investment pitches while detailing how Alliant Energy blocks most spam. It cites Iowa and Washington DC measures, opt out pitfalls, and FTC statistics, plus Spamhaus data on major offenders.
Legal questions rise over porn email in workplace
University of Iowa law experts say unsolicited sexually graphic emails in the office may not by themselves be harassment. They note that harassment requires a pattern of offender intent and impact on the accuser, with company liability limited by imperfect filters.
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Ine Gazette
Gaulding
Reducing Spam and Protecting Email Privacy
Advice on avoiding spam by not posting emails in public spaces and reviewing site privacy policies. Use separate disposable addresses for public postings, employ unique addresses, and install email filtering. Do not answer unsolicited spam emails as it may confirm your address.
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Iowa
Washington, D.C
Bill Branch
Attorney General’s Office
Branch
Distribution of reader interests by category
The page shows percentages across categories: Adult entertainment 18 percent Investment and business opportunities 20 percent Education 1 percent Leisure and travel 2 percent Computers Internet 7 percent Health 10 percent Products services 16 percent Finance 17 percent Other 9 percent
Spam facts on deception and legality in federal guidance
A summary noting that 66 percent of spam contains false or misleading information. It states spam can be legal if the sender is correctly identified, an opt out option is provided, and it is not fraudulent per Federal Trade Commission guidance.
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Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Immigrant smuggling ring linked to four deaths in railcar
Federal indictment charges Licea Cedillo and three others with smuggling immigrants who died after being hidden in railcars for four months near Denison. Victims from Honduras Nicaragua Mexico El Salvador and Guatemala. If convicted they face either death or life in prison. Western Union records and phone data tied payments and cross-border moves.
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Licea- Cedillo
Hernandez
Madrigal
Denison
Sioux City
U.S
Michael Shelby
Houston
Rio Grande
Harlingen
Texas
Sarita
United States
Licea-Cedillo
Honduras
Nicaragua
Mexico
el Salvador
Guatemala
Shelby
Licea Cedillo
Western Union
Puerto Rico
Plane wreck of 1964 Arctic missing trio found
The burned-out craft located 250 miles northeast of Yellowknife ends a long search for Albert Kunes, Doug Torp, and bush pilot Chuck McAvoy who vanished in June 1964 while taking gear into the Canadian Northwest Territories. Their families learn the fate after Jack Everett of Roberts Mining confirms the discovery.
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Minneapolis
Canadian Arctic
University of Missouri
Albert Kunes
Kunes
James
Love
Doug Torp
Chuck McAvoy
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Jack Everett
Roberts Mining
Minnesota
Torp
LeAnn
Krisane
Bruce Torp
Indians, Or Who Knows,” Torp Said Saturday From His Home In Burnet
Texas
Phillips, Wis
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Gazettecommunications.com
University of Iowa Law Sm Goulding
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Goulding
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Wells Fargo
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