AOL 被列入 MAPS (Mail Abuse Prevention Systems):AOL lands on spam blacklist,起因是因為有幾個 spam site 透過 AOL 的 outbound SMTP server 送廣告信:(當然,這些 spam site 是 AOL 的客戶)
The action by MAPS appears to have been prompted in part by several spam runs somehow relayed through AOL’s mailservers on behalf of a pill site named simple-meds.com.
UPDATE: Looks like MAPS changed its mind. As of Tuesday afternoon ET (GMT -4:00), AOL’s listing at the MAPS site is gone, and a lookup shows AOL’s mail servers no longer seem to be on the MAPS RBL list. No word yet on whether AOL resolved the spam problems, or if MAPS just decided to give AOL more time.
More than a year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law, email users say they are receiving slightly more spam in their inboxes than before, but they are minding it less.
另外一點值得注意的是,收到 Porn Spam 的情況愈來愈少:
Among other things, the survey found that people were getting less porn spam, a uniquely troubling form of spam for most users and particularly for women. While 63% of email users now say they have received porn spam, down 8 percentage points from a year ago, 29% of those email users say they are now getting less porn spam, compared to 16% who said they are getting more.
Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, NC now has the dubious honor of being the first spammer sentenced to jail for the felony of spamming. Virginia judge Thomas Horne sentenced Jaynes to 9 years in prison based on a jury recommendation after he was convicted of sending out 10 million e-mails a day.