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Cobb County filter blocks telco’s eMail
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A telecommunications executive claims a Cobb County School District spam filter cost the district the chance to save $250,000 a year in telephone service. After the filter blocked Mike Russell’s response to a request for more information about his bid for services, Russell was disqualified […]

By Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK
02 June 2006 12:29 PM
E-mail filtering is a tricky balancing act, especially when dealing with subjects such as ‘erections’, as a UK regional council’s planning department found out.
An errant e-mail filter caused Rochdale Council to ignore an objection to a planning application because it contained the word “erection”.
Ray Kennedy of […]

by The Associated Press (AP)
April 5, 2006
Verizon Communications Inc. is proposing refunds to Internet customers who found legitimate e-mail from friends and businesses blocked by the company’s spam filters, according to a proposed class-action lawsuit settlement.
The company has refined its junk e-mail blockers since the suit was filed last year, both parties said.
Verizon had […]

p2p news / p2pnet: “Although file hashing has been instrumental in the development of P2P networking, Limewire hopes its latest efforts are just as ground breaking,” says Slyck. “A result of the initial efforts of a Frostwire developer, Limewire has brought spam filtering to their latest public release.”
LimeWire was significantly affected by the Grokster decision […]

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