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Tue Apr 15 17:31:20 IST 2003

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Although this article is somewhat off topic, it talks about AOL's latest attack against spam.

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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">AOL TAKES SPAMMERS TO COURT</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Posted April 15, 2003 6:00 AM Pacific Time</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">AOL Time Warner has filed five lawsuits accusing users of spamming its subscribers with junk e-mail, according to the Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) online edition Tuesday.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The spammers have sent about 1 billion spam messages, generating about eight million individual complaints from users via AOL's &quot;spam report&quot; feature, the WSJ said.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">For the full story: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/15/HNaolspammers_1.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/15/HNaolspammers_1.html</FONT></U></A>
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