America Online Inc. (NYSE "AOL"), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq "YHOO") today announced their commitment to work together and with other industry stakeholders to help fight spam. Spam is unsolicited commercial e-mail, often sent by fraudulent means, that compromises the quality of consumers' online experience and burdens consumers and businesses worldwide.
The announcement these three companies have made today is a first step toward a broader online industry effort to address spam. The group will initiate an open dialogue that will include organizations across this industry to drive technical standards and industry guidelines that can be adopted regardless of platform.
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