Microsoft efforts don't slice spam
PC Mag | at | by Mike
No good spam-fighting deed goes unpunished, or that's how things seem when you're Microsoft. After initiating high-profile lawsuits against spammers and pleading with Congress for tougher regulations, Microsoft itself is taking heat for assisting the targets of its actions. Apparently much unsolicited e-mail comes from the company's own services including Hotmail, and critics charge that junk mailers have exploited Microsoft's WebDAV tool.
WebDAV-Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning-is an open set of HTTP protocol extensions that enable people to edit files collaboratively on a remote Web server. "It allows us to deliver a richer Web-based e-mail service," explains Larry Grothaus, MSN product manager.