America Online Inc. (AOL) has snapped up Web-based e-mail company Mailblocks Inc. in an effort to bolster its own e-mail services with greater antispam protection, mail management, and interface ...

Freeserve and AOL have come under fire from customers angry that their emails are still being blocked because the configuration of some Freeserve servers falls foul of AOL's spam blacklisting policy.

America Online Inc. is upgrading its fight against spam to try and better serve potential and existing customers. In an announcement today, the Dulles, Va.-based company said it’s increasing its ...

At a press conference and Webcast in New York on Wednesday, representives from the four companies said the alleged spammers have caused millions of dollars in damages and jammed consumer e-mail boxes.

An industry organization representing heavyweight e-mail providers Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL and EarthLink released recommendations for ending unsolicited commercial (“spam”) e-mail, according to a ...

The total number of e-mail messages destined for America Online Inc. members averaged 1.6 billion in November a day, down from 2.1 billion daily a year earlier, the company said Monday. The drop was ...

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After running into opposition to its Sender ID anti-spam plan, Microsoft has revised and resubmitted it to the IETF for consideration, according to a company spokesperson. After running into ...

AOL’s plan to implement a fee-based “certified” e-mail service within the next 30 days is setting off a firestorm of protest. A coalition of more than 50 organizations has formed to fight AOL’s opt-in ...

Q: My problem, which I'm sure you've had many inquiries about, is excessive spam. Every day, I get a dozen or more unwanted, objectionable messages. I have been using America Online's Block Mail ...

Three North Carolinians on trial for illegally sending junk e-mail inundated America Online customers with millions of messages touting penny stocks and "Internet history erasers," a prosecutor said ...

A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 30 months in prison Tuesday for blasting AOL subscribers with spam over a four-month period. Adam Vitale was also ordered to pay AOL US$180,000 in restitution, ...