Would you cheerfully open your e-mail in-box to all the spam you can stand in exchange for a cut-rate ISP account? [CNN]

Like it or not, email is still the best way to reach a mass online audience--and even community sites and online services are willing to use it. [CNET]

PROBLEM: You're drowning in unsolicited e-mail messages. SOLUTION: Filter your incoming e-mail, contact your Internet service provider, and hunt down the culprits. [CNN]

Do we need anti-spam laws? Some Net veterans think the unthinkable. [Salon 21st]

Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]

Stan Smith of Salem, Oregon, had never heard of junk email, let alone "spam" or any laws banning it. He just wanted to spread the word about Tahitian noni juice, which he says is pretty much a miracle cure for a wide variety of ailments. [CNET]

Wanted: One spammer. Reward offered. A San Diego software engineer whose had it with people using his domain name "live.net" to send out spam is offering a $100 reward to anyone who can deliver the offending parties--or at least their names--to him. [...

In a pioneering move that may herald the dawn of the cyber-campaign, hundreds of thousands of Californians will soon begin hearing from political candidates via e-mail.

The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com]

On the beat with the Internet spam cops