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• Webwise - Ask Bruce: How do I stop getting spam?

  A set of simple rules to follow to avoid receiving unwanted emails

  www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/askbruce/articles/email/spam_1.shtml

• News - Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'

  A new study estimates that 62 trillion spam emails are sent each year, producing 17 million tonnes of carbon dioxide

  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8001749.stm

• News - Spam overwhelms e-mail messages

  A security report produced by Microsoft shows that more than 97% of all emails are unwanted, with advertisements for drugs dominating the spam

  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7988579.stm

• News - Americas - Man gets nine years for spamming . Last updated: 9 Apr 2005

  Jeremy Jaynes, 30, is the first person in the US to get a prison term under a spam law. It is believed that 70% of all emails are spam.

  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4426949.stm

• News - Business - Bill Gates 'most spammed person' . Last updated: 18 Nov 2004

  The company's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, said Mr Gates was probably the most "spammed" person in the world. Bill literally receives four million pieces of e-mail per day, most of it spam."

  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4023667.stm

• News - Asia-Pacific - Howard in election 'spamming' row . Last updated: 27 Aug 2004

  John Howard's government banned commercial spamming. but then the prime minister goes ahead and spams the public for political benefit - this is a clear case of double standards, " Ms Lundy said.

  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3605344.stm

• BBC World Service | Learning English | Keep your English Up to Date

  But why the word Spam for this sort of thing? Spam spam spam spam… and they actually sang a song about it and it caught on.

  www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radi.../page13.shtml

• Ouch! (disability) - Messageboard Profile for eighty-eight

  The BBC's disability site: razor sharp, funny, interesting and friendly - a community you'll want to be part of.. 2:18pm on 18 Jun 2009 Hi Paul! Thanks for answering . As you've now seen, this seems

  www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/messageboards/MC13715526

• ComedySoup - Homepage

  7th November 2009   New? Returning members: From the Archive Tudor hall clown, Tudor hall clown... what could it all mean? More favourites There's no denying Mary's enthusiasm. It's what she's saying

  www.bbc.co.uk/comedysoup/

• BBC Scotland - Island Blogging - I.B.H.Q.

  Tws from Spam fritters I think you are crazy even mentioning Spam on a site where Annie B posts regularly. Annie B (Domestic Coddess) from the usual Chrissie Mary had a little Spam.

  www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/ibhq/0000010482.shtml

• Devon Features - Our guide to minimising Spam emails

  Unwanted email - or Spam - is a problem on a huge scale. SPAM BLOCKERS Here are just some of the spam blockers: r and Check out and for lists of more spam blockers.

  www.bbc.co.uk/devon/news_features/2003/spam.shtml

• WebWise - Net Comment - The WebWise Weekly Column

  So the flood of spam for weight-loss, instant riches and pornographic websites will continue. But it still leaves ordinary computer users with a problem - how to stop the spam?

  www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/column/column081203.shtml

• Radio 4 - The Material World 22/5/2003

  Email Spam Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, so went the Monty python song.

  www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20030522.shtml

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