Goodbye, Spam: MSN Employs Innovative Technologies, Education To Reduce Unwanted E-Mail Online Resources, Cross-Industry Cooperation Raise Profile of Antispam Effort
MSN also is investing time and resources in consumer education, and Microsoft is joining others in the online industry to help stem the flow of spam. The new online Consumer Resource Center is available at http://join.msn.com/?page=offers/spam/. The MSN site offers consumers information on how MSN technology can help reduce spam, steps consumers can take to reduce spam, and other online resources to help consumers reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail sent to them.
Last week, Microsoft and two other leading e-mail providers, America Online Inc. and Yahoo! Inc., announced plans to work together to fight spam. The three plan to initiate an open dialogue that will include organizations across the industry to drive technical standards and industry guidelines that can be adopted regardless of platform.