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[	January 15, 2001	]	eMarketer: Never underestimate the power of e-mail
In exchange for free e-mail service, consumers are willing to accept a little commercialism with their messages. E-mail is by far the most popular Internet application, used by 96% of all active Internet users. There will be a tidal wave of e-mail in the coming years--much of it at the expense of the telephone and first-class mail. ... »
[	January 15, 2001	]	Spam Brings Down Major E-Mail System
E-mails to one million internet users have been jammed after one of the world's biggest web companies was hit by a tidal wave of electronic junk mail. Engineers at Cambridge based UUNet were today still trying to clear the backlog after the system received an estimated two million e-mails from the same source in "a matter of minutes" ... »
[	January 15, 2001	]	How to Make the Most of Your E-Marketing Efforts
Innovation doesn't always lead to success. Case in point: Although the Internet has revolutionized the way organizations market their goods and services, a badly managed e-marketing campaign may still be less successful and more costly than a traditional direct marketing campaign. Why is that? ... »
[	January 15, 2001	]	E-mail Points to Strip Scam
Bail hearings for two men charged with illegally bringing seven Russian dancers to a strip club in Anchorage were postponed Friday. But tantalizing bits of e-mail traffic filed in court by the prosecution seem to support allegations that a so-called cultural dance tour was a scam from the beginning. The seven women, ages 16 to 30, entered the United States on Dec. 20 on tourist visas, accompanied by a "dance teacher," Viktor Virchenko, according to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. The visas did not permit the women to work ... »
[	January 15, 2001	]	Transport Ministry to Cut Costs Via Email
The Transport and Communications Ministry will begin using email to distribute notices to the 40 agencies under its jurisdiction next month to save on the cost of paper. The ministry uses about 10,800 pages of paper each month sending out notices, a source said. The scheme would use the Internet and the ministry's own network ... »
[	January 12, 2001	]	AOL glitch keeps old passwords alive
AOL said that a sporadic technical glitch was affecting an "extremely small" number of people using its Web-based e-mail program, part of its "AOL Anywhere" plan for accessing AOL services from various outlets. "We are aware of a technical issue affecting some members using AOL's Web mail," an AOL representative said. "We continue to investigate this internally." ... »
[	January 12, 2001	]	E-Mail Is a Vital Part of E-Commerce
According to eMarketer, New York, e-commerce revenue in 2000 is projected to reach $37 billion, almost double the 1999 figures. By 2010, the market may be transformed by broadband and non-PC Internet access, and e-commerce revenue could surpass $750 billion, accounting for 24 percent of all retail sales ... »
[	January 12, 2001	]	Labs' E-Mail Screen Will Sift for Spies
The Department of Energy plans to start snooping on every piece of electronic mail entering or leaving Los Alamos and Sandia national labs to guard against spying. A computer will sift through the mail, forwarding anything suspicious to a counterintelligence analyst. All mail to or from foreign countries will automatically be deemed suspicious ... »
[	January 12, 2001	]	EU Plans Legal Changes for Email Marketing
The direct marketing industry is at loggerheads over news that the EU plans to introduce legislation to govern permission-based email marketing. The new regulations would establish opt-in as standard ... »
[	January 11, 2001	]	Europe warms to spam ban
Lobbyists for the European Internet industry believe their campaign for a ban on spam is gaining momentum. At a public meeting yesterday to discuss the revised Telecommunications Data Protection Directive, attended by all sides of the unsolicited commercial email debate, there was an increased consensus about the need to do something about spam ... »