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Proving that Utah and Michigan don’t have a monopoly on wacky lawmakers, New Zealand’s commerce select committee has recommended changing the country’s anti-spam bill so its citizens can send unsolicited e-mail and need not stop even if asked by the recipient to do so, as long as the messages are non-commercial, according to a story on Stuff.co.nz.

Poland has added an anti-spam provision in a draft amendment to its telecommunications law, according to TMCnet.

The new regulation would make spamming—which the report did not define—a crime punishable by a fine of up to $32,000.

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The San Jose Mercury News last week ran an insufferable article describing how Comcast blacklisted e-mail from the oh-so important members of the online community The WELL.

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has introduced a far-reaching privacy bill that could spell deep trouble for any business that uses so-called personally identifiable information for marketing purposes.

Last week, we poked fun at the results of a study claiming that pump-and-dump spammers can make as much as 6% on their investment with each blast.

Turns out our analysis was embarrassingly off the mark. We

RadioShack last week reportedly sent about 400 employees an e-mail letting them know they

Starbucks had to abruptly rescind an e-mail promotion earlier this week for a free iced coffee for employees, their friends and family because too many people were trying to redeem the coupon.

Though marketers are applauding Microsoft for adding an unsubscribe link to its free e-mail service, some are urging the company to rethink a feature that could result in some wanted e-mail getting blocked.