REMINDER/America Online CEO To Make Announcement on Spam; Asset Seized From Spammer Highlights Value of 'Reporting Spam' to ISPs.News Editors/Assignment Desks REMINDER...for Tuesday (March 30) WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004 Think spammers are in the driver's seat driv·er's seat n. A position of control or authority. ? Think again... Every time a consumer reports spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). to its ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. , they help drive a spammer out of business. Acting on complaints from its Members, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. has been aggressively suing spammers, and those lawsuits are having an effect. In an interesting twist in the spam battle, AOL has further intensified in·ten·si·fy v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies v.tr. 1. To make intense or more intense: the fight against spam by seizing a valuable asset from a major spammer who was caught thanks to AOL Members reporting spam with the "Report Spam" button. AOL's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jon Miller
Jon Miller (born October 11, 1951 in San Francisco, California) is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. , will unveil the asset on Tuesday, March 30th, in conjunction with an exciting program to award it to someone who truly deserves it -- a spam victim. The program highlights the value and power of consumers collaborating with their ISPs by reporting spam.
WHAT: Live Interview with AOL Chairman and CEO, Jon Miller, at
America Online Headquarters with the Spammer's Asset
WHEN: Tuesday, March 30, 2004
11:00am- 12:00pm EST
WHERE: America Online, Inc.
Headquarters Building
22000 AOL Way
Dulles, VA 20166
- USE ENTRANCE AT Headquarters -
DIRECTIONS FROM DC:
- Take Dulles Toll Road - 267 West
- Follow Dulles Toll Road to Exit 9B, which is Route 28 North/ Sully
Road to Sterling
- After proceeding through the toll booth, continue on Route 28
North/ Sully Road for 4 lights
- At fifth light, take a left onto Waxpool Road
- Remain in the left hand lane and make a left at the next light onto
Pacific Blvd.
- Make a right into the first entrance, called HQ and inform the front
gate that you are a member of the media
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