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Author :: Sam Vaknin  |
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| Article Title :: The Economics of Spam |
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| Tennessee resident K. C. "Khan" Smith owes the internet service provider EarthLink $24 million. According to the CNN, in August 2001 he was slapped with a lawsuit accusing him of violating federal and state Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statutes, the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984, the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 and numerous other state laws. On July 19, 2002 - having failed to appear in court - the judge ruled against him. Mr. Smith is a spammer.
Brightmail, a vendor of e-mail filters and anti-spam applications warned that close to 5 million spam "attacks" or "bursts" occurred in June 2002 and that spam has mus (read full article) |
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| Category :: Spam Articles |
Author :: John Tourloukis |
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| Article Title :: Email Anti Spam And Virus Protection For Businesses - There Is Hope |
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| With anti spam vendors offering low cost licensing, businesses can now afford advanced email spam and virus protection with a simple to use interface at a much lower cost. The great thing about technology is that as it evolves it gets faster, additional features and economical. Over the past few years the same evolution has taken place with anti spam technology and services. In large part this can be attributed to the open source software community plus enterprising companies enhancing the capabilities of this software and packaging it into easy to use anti spam appliances.
It is not practical to have anti spam software running on desktops in a networked business environment. Ma (read full article) |
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| Category :: Spam Articles |
Author :: Matt Garrett |
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| Article Title :: Free Spam Blockers |
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| Remember when spam was just another horrible thing you would never eat? And then you grew up a little and spam became the lyrics to a great Monty Python song. And now spam is something to avoid at all costs. Or, in the case of free spam blockers, at no cost at all. Everything is better when itÂ’s free, right? Such is the case with blocking out annoying spam from your email account, too.
Free spam blockers are popping up all over the internet. Kind of ironic, isnÂ’t it, that some pop-up ads are advertising spam blocking technology. The problem with spam isnÂ’t really the content, of course, itÂ’s the time spent winnowing through all those e-mails in search of the ones (read full article) |
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| Category :: Spam Articles |
Author :: Matt Garrett |
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| Article Title :: Get Rid Of Spam |
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| Every day, both dmoestic and corporate users of the internet receive considerable amounts of spam e-mail. They are not only annoying, but sometimes you can miss an important e-mail or newsletter simply because you lose it among the great number of e-mails that flood out your Inbox. Often you'll find that important people neglect to read your e-mail, because busy people like them hardly have the time and patience to browse through the huge quantities of spam mail they receive.
One solution to this problem is a filter or a free spam blocker. Many companies have designed filters for their customers. Many e-mail servers, especially the renowned ones that have a reputation to protect (read full article) |
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Author :: LeeAnna |
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| Article Title :: If You Do Research On The Web You Really Need An Internet Spam Filter |
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| Spam has got to be one of the most annoying things on the Internet today. I remember when pop-ups first came on the scene, every website I went to was inundated with tons of pop-ups, I hated them, and I'm sure I wasn't alone. Spam flooded the Internet with so many copies of the same messages, it's a very shameful attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising of get-rich-quick schemes, or products for younger looking skin. There are basically two types of spam and they affect Internet users differently. Cancelable Usenet spam is a single message sent to many Usenet spam is aimed at people who read newsgroups but rarely (read full article) |
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| Category :: Spam Articles |
Author :: Ryan Fyfe |
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| Article Title :: Digging into spam and filtering services |
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| If you talk to anyone who uses email, spam is something that is frequently on there mind. How often is it that you open your inbox checking for an email from your mom, and you end up with emails with subjective titles involving animals, and foreign objects.
There are ways to fight back against Spam, and one of the most popular is through the use of a spam filtering service. There is all different types of spam, and surprisingly not all of them involve email. Most spamming involves the advertising or otherwise promotion of a product, however this is not true in some cases.
Most common types of spamming include: Email spam, Link spam and search engine spam.
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| Category :: Spam Articles |
Author :: Sara Anderwahl |
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| Article Title :: How Anti Spam Software Works |
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| It was not too long ago that email mailboxes were so full of junk mail and spam that they threatened to render electronic communication useless. When you opened up your email you were bombarded with poorly written advertisements for $ex, V!agra, and tons of other intentionally misspelled products, designed to evade any spam blocking devices. Those interested in consumer protection knew the ultimate goal, to eliminate and block spam, but as soon as they created a product designed to do just that, the spammers evaded their efforts by getting more creative. That is, until modern anti spam software was developed. Antispam software comes in a variety of forms, with the obvious ultimate intent of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Spam Articles |
Author :: Ant Onaf |
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| Article Title :: Simple Steps to Defeating SPAM |
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| GMail SPAM filter is fighting a losing battle. I am doing some ANTI-SPAM testing. For the past 4 months I have been very public with my Gmail email address, signing up for newsletters, using it on forms, and sharing it publicly on forums, blogs, and discussion boards. I expected to get SPAMMED to death, that's exactly what's beginning to happen. Everyday, I receive about 20 junk emails. I know that is small, but for someone who is use to never seeing SPAM in their inbox, it's a quite bit.
I did this sort of testing, once before with Yahoo! Mail, and I took the time to get rid of all my SPAM (from coming into the inbox). I'll share my secret.
1. First, you should ha (read full article) |
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| Category :: Spam Articles |
Author :: Mike Steward |
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| Article Title :: How to STOP Spyware ! |
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Spyware is one of the biggest threats to your privacy and the
security of your data. Here's a series of helpful questions and
answers that can help you remove and minimize future spyware
from your computer.
Spyware comes in various forms, but basically it is a program or
piece of information on your computer that either sends data
about you or your computer habits to someone else on the
Internet. This can be a company that is collecting data, or a
thief seeking to steal access to your computer or data like bank
information on it. Spyware can also be a program that places
unwanted ads on your computer. Cookies can be considered
spyware. They are little piece of information placed in your we (read full article) |
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| Category :: Spam Articles |
Author :: James Hunt |
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| Article Title :: How to Remove Your Name From a Mailing List |
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We've all found our name on a junk mailing list at one time or
another. It's frustrating to continuously receive unsolicited
and unwanted mail that only ends up becoming landfill. If you're
not interested in receiving piles of catalogs and solicitations
in your daily mail, you'll be happy to know that this is easily
remedied.
One way to remove your name from a mailing list is to go
directly to the source. Contact the business or individual and
request your name be deleted from their files. You can do this
over the phone, but it will probably better to do this in
writing since it's a good idea to have a paper trail.
You might also be able to go to the businesses' web site and
request remo (read full article) |
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