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December 18, 2000 |
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VeriSign Error Releases Customer E-Mail Addresses |
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One of the Internet's best-known security and identity firms, VeriSign Inc. in Mountain View, Calif., last week accidentally released a list of more than 5,000 customer e-mail addresses ... »
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December 18, 2000 |
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Insurer Suspends Staff Over Smutty Email |
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Insurance group Royal & SunAlliance has suspended some 40 employees from its Liverpool office after they accidentally emailed a smutty image to a director. No one was fired following the incident, but about 40 workers have been indefinitely suspended after what is believed to be a doctored image of popular cartoon character Bart Simpson fell into the wrong hands ... »
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December 18, 2000 |
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Ford Test-Drives E-Mail Marketing in California |
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Under a plan to begin selling cars online to Californians sometime in the first quarter of 2001 and eventually to roll out the service nationwide, Ford Motor Co. has begun a multimedia e-mail campaign promoting its Escape 2001 sport utility vehicle. ... »
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December 18, 2000 |
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24/7 Freecall pledges refunds |
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24/7 Freecall has pledged to refund Net users who've been booted off the service even though they had paid for the service. In yet another U-turn, Sal Abdin, the head of 24/7 Freecall, told The Register that all those affected would received a refund - even though the ISP originally said it would not reimburse people ... »
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December 17, 2000 |
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Protestors bombard electors with emails for Al Gore |
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WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (AFP) - Some members of the US Electoral College, who are due Monday to designate the 43rd President of the United States, have been targeted in a massive e-mail campaign encouraging them to cast their votes for Al Gore. ... »
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December 16, 2000 |
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Woman in Hiding After "Smutty" Email Goes Global |
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LONDON, Dec. 16 (UPI) — A woman employee of a law firm was in hiding Saturday after she and four others were threatened with dismissal for sharing a smutty joke via e-mail that got circulated worldwide ... »
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December 16, 2000 |
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Firm Sues Online Service to Identify Author of Threatening E-Mail |
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An Oakbrook Terrace firm filed suit Friday in hopes of forcing two online service providers to reveal the anonymous author of a threatening e-mail sent to one of its workers ... »
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December 15, 2000 |
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Sex e-mail Read Around the World |
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An explicit email sent to a lawyer complimenting him on his prowess in bed was circulated around the world and read by millions. The message to Bradley Chait, 27, was sent by Claire Swire, 26. Only 13 minutes after receiving it, Mr Chait, who works at a top City law firm, sent it on to to six friends, adding the comment: "Now that's a nice compliment from a lass isn't it?" ... »
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December 15, 2000 |
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Website combines spam with encryption |
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Someone has finally found a positive use for spam ... »
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December 15, 2000 |
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Claire Swire: wanna know who she is? |
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Well, this has been an interesting week for all fellatio lovers out there. To be honest, we've been sitting on Claire Swire's true identity for a day because first we'd heard she might have lost her job and then there were the rather nasty legal implications ... »
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