Attempting to distance itself from a spam controversy, PSINet cut off service to an admitted sender of unsolicited commercial email and pledged to amend its spam policy and educate its sales force. PSINet came under fire from anti-spam organizations after CNET . . .
Attempting to distance itself from a spam controversy, PSINet cut off service to an admitted sender of unsolicited commercial email and pledged to amend its spam policy and educate its sales force. PSINet came under fire from anti-spam organizations after CNET News.com obtained an electronic unsigned copy of a so-called pink contract between PSINet and Cajunnet, a marketing firm based in Slidell, La., that freely admits its spamming practices.

Pink contracts are addendums Internet service providers sign to permit a customer to send unsolicited commercial email or put up spam-related Web sites. One recent example forced AT&T to pledge an internal crackdown of its own on the contracts.

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