In a pioneering move that may herald the dawn of the cyber-campaign, hundreds of thousands of Californians will soon begin hearing from political candidates via e-mail.

Until last week, many Netcom subscribers found their mail bouncing with a cryptic error. They had Paul Vixie's Realtime Blackhole List to thank. [Wired News]

by Jeff Johnson [CPSR]

AT&T spamed 1,000 Webmasters with unsolicited promotional email messages; they were not happy. [cnet]

A spammer settles out of court to avoid prosecution under state anti-spam laws. [CNET.com]

The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com]

Do we need anti-spam laws? Some Net veterans think the unthinkable. [Salon 21st]

Like it or not, email is still the best way to reach a mass online audience--and even community sites and online services are willing to use it. [CNET]

A House Commerce subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Consumer Antislamming Act, containing controversial provisions aimed at protecting Net users from junk email that antispammers say actually legitimize spam. [CNET]

Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]

Stan Smith of Salem, Oregon, had never heard of junk email, let alone "spam" or any laws banning it. He just wanted to spread the word about Tahitian noni juice, which he says is pretty much a miracle cure for a wide variety of ailments. [CNET]

Wanted: One spammer. Reward offered. A San Diego software engineer who's had it with people using his domain name "live.net" to send out spam is offering a $100 reward to anyone who can deliver the offending parties--or at least their names--to him. [CNET]

Interview with David Kramer, an anti-spam crusader. [Computerworld]