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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 41 , Issue 8 (August 1998) table of contents

Pages: 74 - 83

Year of Publication: 1998

ISSN:0001-0782

Authors

Lorrie Faith Cranor	AT&T Labs, Florham Park, NJ
Brian A. LaMacchia	Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
H. Information Systems
H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
H.4.3 Communications Applications
Subjects: Electronic mail

General Terms:
Economics, Languages, Legal Aspects

REVIEW

"Marlene L. Campbell : Reviewer"

The authors provide a brief background of the growth of unsolicited email (known as spam), list factors contributing to it, and discuss various mechanisms available for reducing such traffic. These mechanisms include filtering, counterattack, more...

Collaborative Colleagues:

Lorrie Faith Cranor: colleagues

Brian A. LaMacchia: colleagues

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