Monday, June 30, 2003

AU - IPRIMUS BANS SPAMMER: iPrimus <http://www.iprimus.com.au/> has disconnected a serial spammer from its network. The spam originated from iPrimus almost immediately after the termination of the spammer's BigPond http://www.bigpond.com.au/> account. See Zdnet <http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000048620,20275650
,00.htm
>, June 23 Alert <http://www.bmck.com/elaw/DisplayAlertbyID.asp?AlertID=31599>. Meanwhile, the Victorian Department of Justice is currently investigating a complaint made against the alleged spammer, Ultimate Safe. See Zdnet ,00.htm> report.

AU - SPAM BILL: The IIA has met with federal politicians to debate details of proposed anti-spam legislation. At the forum, Bigpond announced it would tighten its acceptable use policy for spam and offer better anti-spam solutions. See SMH <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/26/1056449347677.html>, Australian IT <http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6640683%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E
15306%2D15319,00.html
>, June 23 Alert <http://www.bmck.com/elaw/DisplayAlertbyID.asp?AlertID=31599> reports.

TW - CALL FOR SPAM LEGISLATION: Chunghwa Telecom <http://www.cht.com.tw/> has called for anti-spam legislation. See Taipei Times <http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2003/06/28/2003057233> report.