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December 23, 2000 |
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Man E-Mailed Indecent Photos of Ex-Wife to Her Workplace |
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A man who e-mailed indecent photos of his ex-wife to her colleagues has been given a suspended prison sentence and had his computer confiscated by a court. Karl Kostelnik, 46, admitted two offences of sending indecent telecom messages at Cromer magistrates court in Norfolk. ... »
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December 22, 2000 |
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Matt Has an E-Mail of Note |
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A Stanbury teenager's musical efforts struck a chord with the organisers of a festive jingle competition. Matthew Schofield, 16, has received a framed certificate and J75 in vouchers after finishing runner-up in the contest. School children throughout Yorkshire were invited by Doncaster-based web design company Isle Communications to compose a greeting for use in the company's first-ever electronic Christmas card, to be e-mailed to clients all over the world.
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December 22, 2000 |
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TargitMail Up for Sale Amid Spam Allegation |
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Permission-based e-mail marketer TargitMail, Portsmouth, NH, signed a letter of intent this week to be acquired by iiGroup Inc., Boca Raton, FL, for an undisclosed amount. The company also denied allegations that it was a spammer. The deal for privately held TargitMail, which is incorporated as Global Technology Marketing International Inc., is expected to close next month. iiGroup integrates "new economy business concepts with traditional business practices" and owns Travlang.com, a foreign language and travel Web site, among other properties
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December 22, 2000 |
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Beware of the E-Mail Cash Cons |
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CRIMINALS from overseas are sending e-mails to Wiltshire to try to con cash from people, warn police. Wiltshire Constabulary Fraud Squad says there has been a "marked increase" recently in the circulation of unsolicited mail from West Africa. Detective Inspector Paul Ginger, of the fraud squad, said: "Churches and charities are being vigorously targeted, with the false promise being made of benefit being accrued due to a fictitious death in that area. ... »
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December 22, 2000 |
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You've got mail: I'm going to kill myself |
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If it has done nothing else for humanity, email has given us another medium to write suicide notes in. An effective method of communication, albeit a less dramatic medium than a letter scrawled in one's own blood ... »
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December 22, 2000 |
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December 22, 2000 |
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Verizon Clears Spam From System |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Communications said Wednesday that its system is back in full operation after being slowed by a wave of millions of junk messages that delayed e-mail for as many as 200,000 of its Internet customers on the East Coast. "Each time it was tens of millions of messages. Our mail servers could not handle it," Verizon spokesman Larry Plumb said from Arlington, Va. ... »
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December 22, 2000 |
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Humiliation by E-Mail |
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An e-mail avenger who sent indecent pictures of his ex-wife to her and her work colleagues was branded "almost inhumane" in court yesterday. After they split up, Karl Kostelnik sent 11 explicit and grossly-indecent photographs to 43-year-old Janice Kostelnik's workplace at Bernard Matthews's turkey HQ - where his lawyer said there was a "culture" of sending squalid and humorous messages ... »
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December 21, 2000 |
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UK Lawyers at Centre of Lewd E-Mail Row Keep Jobs |
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LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - London lawyers who forwarded a sexually explicit e-mail which went around the world have been disciplined but not dismissed, their law firm said on Thursday. Bradley Chait, an employee at the Norton Rose firm, received an e-mail from his girlfriend Claire Swire graphically describing her enjoyment of oral sex ... »
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December 21, 2000 |
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Judge Allows Confession at Trial in Case of Threatening E-Mail |
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Andrew DeCarlo The confession of a former Naperville North student accused of posting a threatening e-mail about a high school massacre will be allowed at trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Andrew DeCarlo, now an 18-year-old college freshman studying computer engineering, sought to have his confession and arrest tossed out after arguing police failed to follow proper procedures ... »
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