An influential body of data protection experts could be about to recommend that Europe bans spam. [The Register]

Mainly an attack on MAPS, claiming that Harris are not spammers and should not be blocked.

Polling giant claims ISPs have been duped into blocking millions of its e-mails in an anti-spam scam cooked up by a rival. [ZDNet]

Ask Hotmail users about their email accounts and most likely they will gripe how impossible it is to eliminate spam. [Wired]

The House of Representatives today passed the first bill that will hold email marketers accountable for the influx of bulk unsolicited email, commonly known as "spam." [CNET.com]

Home furnishing retailer IKEA has a new spin on spam, recruiting friends of friends to get the word out about its new store opening in the San Francisco Bay area. [CNET.com]

No one will admit to liking spam -- the canned pseudo-meat or the unsolicited e-mail that bears its name. But despite the current efforts of governments in North America and Europe to get it back into the can, spam is destined to be, and should be, a ...

Complaints about unsolicited commercial email have prompted an industry coalition to come up with standards designed to quell consumer concerns and keep regulators at bay. [CNET.com]

ORBS' proactive approach to fighting bulk e-mail may actually help spammers. But the group's chief critic is under the gun, too. [ZDNet]

Internet service providers and permission-based marketing agencies are up in arms about the government's decision not to regulate against unsolicited commercial email or spam, as it's more commonly known. [Media Guardian] [Requires free registration.]