Internet service providers file more spam lawsuits
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In a second round of lawsuits announced on Thursday, four major U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs) are taking on senders of e-mail spam and unwanted commercial messages sent via instant messaging.
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Anonymous writes &quot;Microsoft Corp. filed nine lawsuits against individuals and companies alleged to be involved in the distribution of spam, the company said Wednesday.
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Microsoft, America Online (AOL), Yahoo and Earthlink have filed a handful of lawsuits against spammers, allegedly targeting some of the world&#39;s largest unsolicited mail offenders.
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Four of the nation's largest online providers yesterday announced a new round of lawsuits aimed at e-mail spammers, including the first major case involving spam sent via an instant messaging service.
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America Online, Inc. (www.corp.aol.com) announced it was stepping up its fight against purveyors of unwanted, junk computer messages by filing two new lawsuits in Federal Court.
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Internet service provider also says amount of spam blocked at e-mail gateway is down significantly.
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Microsoft Corp. filed nine new lawsuits  against spammers who send unsolicited e-mail, including an  e-mail marketing Web hosting company, the world's largest  software maker said on Thursday
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O and other  Internet access providers filed three new lawsuits on Thursday  to stop the spread of unsolicited e-mail messages touting  everything from home refinancing to miracle health cures.
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A recording industry trade group said Thursday that it has filed another wave of lawsuits against 754 people it suspects of distributing songs over the Internet without permission.
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For many online users, the idea that their Internet provider was particularly aggressive in cracking down on e-mail spam would be welcome news. But some of Verizon's 3 million high-speed Internet customers say the company is bungling the job and hurting their livelihoods.
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Iphtashu Fitz writes &quot;CNet News is reporting that 4 major internet providers - AOL, Earthlink, Microsoft, and Yahoo, have filed another bunch of lawsuits against spammers.
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UPDATED: In a coordinated attack against spammers, some of the country&#39;s largest ISPs have filed new lawsuits against businesses and individuals that allegedly deluged users with unwanted and offensive e-mails.
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Texas sued one of the world's largest  "spam" e-mail operations on Thursday, seeking millions of  dollars from two men it says are responsible for sending  illegal messages on the Internet, the state's attorney general  said.
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Microsoft (Quote, Chart) fired another shot in its war on spam with a lawsuit against a Web hosting company that claimed to help spammers avoid being shut down.
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The software giant, Microsoft, has filed lawsuits against seven companies for violating the CAN-SPAM &quot;Brown Paper Wrapper&quot; rule.
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NEW YORK AOL says it looks like some spammers are starting to throw in the cyber towel. The world&#39;s largest Internet service provider says that the number of attempted e-mails was down 500 (m) million -- or
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Spammers have come close to ruining e-mail--and threaten to do the same to Internet telephony. The time to stop them is now.