Lycos Europe is offering a controversial new screen saver to Windows users (and Mac, as well). Marketing it under the “Make Love, Not Spam” banner, the screensaver is designed to send requests to view a known spam source’s website. The idea is that when a large number of users are…

Spam Kings takes you on a trip through the world of spam, where you’ll meet all kinds of spammers (and even a few antispammers) and learn what makes them tick (I mean in addition to the crack and coffee).

How would you like to help to track, trap, and catch spammers? What if Aunty told you that all you have to do is put some invisible email addresses up on your website? You’d do it then, wouldn’t you? “Sure, Aunty!” she can hear you saying, “Sign me right up!…

Sick of spam? Phed up with phishing? Nagged out by the Nigerians? Have we got a treat for you! If you haven’t been over to the Ze Frank site before, or even if you have, and if you’re ready for a little light-hearted spam relief – ready to laugh at…

Microsoft has announced that it will no longer be offering for free its service which allows users to connect to their Hotmail and MSN accounts using Outlook and Outlook Express. Citing exploitation by spammers, Microsoft will begin charging those who want to use the WebDAV technology to connect using Outlook…

Microsoft has taken the fight against spam to the next level, by suing not the spammer, but the web hosting service which provides services to the spammers.

Aunty has heard from a little birdie that the lawsuit filed by Spam King Scott Richter against anti-spam outfit SpamCop has been settled. As Aunty's gentle readers may know, Richter's request for an injunction was denied back in June, with the Court ruling that SpamCop was protected under the Communications…

Nicholas Tombros has become the first person in U.S. history to be convicted of war spamming – that combination of war driving and spamming.

In an exclusive story, the Internet Patrol has learned that the New York State Attorney General has reached a settlement with Spam King Scott Richter.

Aunty is still working to confirm this, but a little birdie whispered in her ear that SpamCop’s and parent company Ironport’s SLAPP suit against Scott Richter and his OptInRealBig, in response to Richter’s suit against SpamCop, has been dismissed by the Court. Here’s the history to date: Richter sues SpamCop…

In a triumph of stupidity over common sense, William “Billy” Carson has managed to distinguish himself by being the target of one of the first lawsuits by a state District Attorney’s office under CAN-SPAM. Massachusetts is suing Carson for sending “thousands of messages with numerous violations, including misleading subject lines…

On Friday afternoon the California Federal Court denied a request by King of Spam Scott Richter and his OptInRealBig for an injunction against anti-spam organization SpamCop.

The question of whether or not to unsubscribe from unwanted email is a tricky one.

In this exclusive interview, The Internet Patrol gets real with notorious spam king Scott Richter

Here’s how to detect email spoofing by reading email headers, as well as a tutorial on how to read email headers.