MSN Canada hopes to help Canadian ISPs and e-mail service providers stop their network from being used to deliver spam e-mails with the launch of the MSN Postmaster Web site. MSN Postmaster, available in both French and English, will provide information and tools that address a variety of issues around spam, as well as information on ways to fight junk e-mail and reporting and tracking spam.
The European Union (E.U.) directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications is due to take effect Friday, requiring marketers in member states to seek the consent of consumers before sending direct marketing e-mail in most cases.