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Spam Blocking Information
Phishing for an Identity
Phishing is rapidly becoming on the largest threats to your personal, financial, and emotional wellbeing. No I am not talking about Saturday afternoons out on the boat with your grandfather, listening to stories that being with ?When I was your age???now while these probably conjure up horrific childhood memories of such stores, they in no way come close to the horror felt by victims of Phishing.
20 Words That Kill - At Least When It Comes to Spam Filters
Spam, spam, spam. It's terrible not only for those of us on the receiving end, but for those of us who SEND e-mail.
The Great Spam Scam: Five Strategies To Stop Brand and Revenue Robbery
Marketers usually think of anti-spam tactics as 'how to prevent' readers from perceiving their e-communications as spam. There is another, more sinister, consequence that may affect you. Spam is not just an inconvenience. For legitimate businesses, it steals productivity, erode your brand, and rob you of revenue.
Lockspam Free 3.0 Released!
6 August, 2004: Polesoft Inc., home of Professional anti spam software, announced today that Lockspam Free 3.0 (see also Lockspam Pro 3.0 in the end) is now available.
Getting Back To Basics.
While we all agree that there`s way too much spamming/junk-mailing going on in our email boxes, there are a couple of things we can do to reduce the amount of mails we actually have to sift through, without having to resort to paying for expensive software that can be a real pain to set up properly. Firstly, and this is a great, little known tip. You can get yourself a free email account, (the bigger the better) which is a great thing to have if you use a lot of FFA`s, Classified sites, Search Engine Submittals etc. When you create the junkmail account, be sure to save the information you`ve used to create it with into a Wordpad/Notepad file. When the account is full, flit through it quickly, just to make sure there`s nothing of real importance there. If there is, copy and paste it to your favourite text document. Then just go ahead and delete the whole junkmail account. You`ve saved the info you used to create it with in the first place, so it`ll only take a couple of minutes to re-create it. Next, whenever you join a program or a site, have your email client open at the same time, so you get the welcome mails immediately. Confirm the welcome immediately, then put the mail into a special folder, created for all emails from that particular address. That way, different emails go to different folders, without getting too mixed up. If and when you decide to leave that program, delete all the mail you`ve saved from them, but please make sure that you DO actually opt-out before doing this. Another thing to remember is if you`re getting mails from someplace and you`re pretty darned sure you have absolutely no reason to be getting them, DON`T click on the remove me link! What you`re really doing, is letting the spammers know that they`ve mailed to a real, used address, and they`ll mail more and more, and never stop. Some of the more unscrupulous ones will even sell your address to be used as part of a mailing list, which in turn with result in even MORE spam. A lot of people seem to have forgotten where the delete button is, and scream the dreaded word "SPAM!!" as soon as an unfamiliar looking email drops into their inbox. This can be very damaging to legitimate business owners, so please, don`t ever say spam, unless it well and truly is. If you really don`t have time or inclination to follow these tips, there IS software out there that can filter your mails automatically for you. The biggest drawback with these is that they can actually stop you receiving mail that you WANT to get if you don`t set it up properly. Setting up the software filters can also be very confusing and time consuming, so if that`s the way you choose to go, make sure you set aside some time for it, and don`t get distracted by anything else until it`s done. May you be prosperous in everything you do.
Winning the War On Spam
For years I didn't worry much about spam.
How To Analyze A Rip-Off Scheme
This review is taken DIRECTLY from a piece of "junk mail." It is or the program that starts out with the heading: "Before You Decide To Throw This Away, Please Read The Enclosed At Least Once - Then Decide. This is Not a Chain Letter! I Threw The Program in The Trash."
Anti Trackback and Comment Spam Methods
What is spam ?
Beware of the Newest Activity Online: Phishing
No. I?m not talking here about the outdoor activity enjoyed
by many. And no again; I did not misspell it. Phishing is
the name given to the latest online scam where millions of
unwary Americans are getting their identities stolen.
Spam Filters Explained
What do they do? How do they work? Which one is right for me?
By Alan Hearnshaw
Ignoring These Tips Could Result in an Inbox Full of Spam
Although there still seem to be some differences among the US Government, the lawmakers, the anti-spam organizations and the spammers regarding what is spam and what is not, identifying it is actually pretty easy: if you did not ask for it, you did not sign up on a mailing list related to it, and did not leave your e-mail address on a web form asking for more information on it?it's spam! The spam issue is not about content, but solely about delivery method. The content of spam is and has always been irrelevant.
Internet Theft and Fraud
My friends in the web hosting business have recently informed me that the big problem this year (2004) is security and fraud. I have read that currently the F.B.I. receives over 9,000 complaints per month pertaining to bogus email and websites. Why is this happening? Are just a few ?bad apples? doing it, or is it the result of a lopsided world economy where the underprivileged are finally striking back like the infamous Robin Hood? Whatever your moral view, I?ve got the strange feeling it stems from a growing unconscious greed in the social consciousness of modern society. People worship money, not spirituality or love. Am I wrong?
Eight Quick Tips For Stopping SPAM
If you are buried in SPAM then you're not alone. It's been suggested that as
much as 50% to 75% of the e-mail traffic on any given day is SPAM. Reading
through SPAM is a waste of your time and it subjects you to potential viruses,
trojan horses, and sexual material which can be quite offensive. Here are some
tips on how to win the SPAM war:
Spam with Typos: Why Do They All Have Spelling Errors?
A friend asked me: I don't get it. Why do spammers have such a hard time spelling
things properly? I get mail trying to sell me "viagggra", increase my "brest" size, or
save me money accessing "pr0n" sites or buying "seks toys". Even more puzzling,
there are plenty of spam messages where it takes me a few minutes to even figure
out what the subject actually is, with subjects like "sa vem oneyo n vviiiaaagra" or
similar. What's the story? Why can't these people use a spell checking program??
Dealing With SPAM - An E-mail Address Strategy
With SPAM being such a problem it might seem the right thing to do is never give anyone your email address. As a strategy that's not bad but it misses one rather important point; the purpose of having an email address is to be able to exchange emails, both with friends and also as a means to receive eZines from online forums and information sites. In theory any one of these sources could share your email address with a spammer (perhaps by listing it on a public site) and before you know it your email box is full of emails you don't want and can't stop... note, we do not do this, your address is safe with us.
Therefore what you need would seem to be a list of separate email addresses, all of which are yours, that you allocate out to the different email lists and online forums you have. That way if one of the addresses gets picked up by the spammers you can just drop and block that one address (and perhaps the list it was subscribed to) and continue in your low or no-SPAM world.
So how do we do this?
What we're going to do is use one "real" email account (ideally with a hard to guess name) and then a set of forwarded email addresses, all of which are different, but all point back to the real email address. Typically your ISP (Internet Service Provider) provides a small number of email-boxes for you (normally called "POP3" mailboxes). Choose one of these to be your "real" email address and point your email client to it (follow the instruction in your email client such as Outlook Express and ISP to do this). Then we need to register a domain name which will allow us to have lots of forwarded email addresses. 123-Reg.com
are an example of a company that provides an inexpensive high-quality service to do this, so we'll use them
as an example. Create an account, it's free to do this, and give them your real email address. Then you should register a domain name with them; obviously you need to think of a domain name which you would like as part of your "public face." Choosing a name you like can take a little thought, but don't take too long, domain names are being registered at the rate of one every two seconds, so get in to secure yours as soon as you can! The cost is very low, with .uk domains at around UK£3 / US$5 per year and .com/.net around UK£9 / US$15 per year (note, you should register for at least two years). Using the email forwarding option from the 123-reg.com control panel, set the catch-all address as your real email address. Then any emails sent to any name at your domain will be forwarded on to you automatically.
Here's a worked example for Brenda Wyatt.
Brenda's ISP supplied POP3 email address is brenda@myisp.com
She creates an account at 123-reg.com and registers the domain "WyattMail.net"
She sets up email forwarding via the 123-reg control panel to forward all emails received to @wyattmail.net to brenda@myisp.com.
Now when Brenda signs up to a forum or email list she gives an email address which is individual to that list. Let's say she registers with Amazon, she could register as 'Amazon@wyattemail.net'. They will send emails to that address which will be forwarded to her brenda@myisp.com email address and she can read them as she wishes.
The nice thing about this system is that Brenda hasn't had to go anywhere else to register the email address 'Amazon@wyattemail.net', 123-reg just sees the wyattemail.net part and sends it on for her.
So what happens if she finds one of her email addresses is being targeted by spammers? Let's assume this happens to her "dodgylist@wyattemail.net" email address. She then goes to 123-reg.com, logs in and goes to the control panel. She selects the email forwarding page, adds a fresh line with 'dodgylist@wyattemail.net' in it, clicks the 'return to sender' checkbox and clicks 'update'. Now any email to this address will be returned to whence it came. Nice, eh?
©2005 Paul Quirk & Mark Quirk. Article taken from
CareOfWindowsXP.com.
Dont Look Spammy!
We all hate spam and get way too much of it ? agreed? Now that we have that out of the way it is important to realize that in everyone?s zest to minimize their spam, we are deleting legitimate e-mails ? and those e-mail could be YOUR business messages! Two factors are at play - not reviewing your trash before you empty it and sending e-mail with indicators that trip spam filters.
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Proofpoint, Inc., the leading provider of unified email security and data loss prevention solutions, today announced it has broadened its Proofpoint on Demand email security service offerings with the availability of Proofpoint on Demand-Standard Edition, an easy-to-use, lower-cost version designed for small- and medium-sized businesses that demand powerful spam blocking, virus protection and ...
Email Security Services meet all needs of SMBs. (ThomasNet)
Proofpoint on Demand(TM)-Standard Edition provides 99% effective spam blocking, 100% virus protection, and content filtering capabilities, while Proofpoint on Demand-Enterprise adds customization and data loss prevention features. Hosted in multi-tenant environment, both solutions deliver 5-nines availability and no-delay email delivery to ensure uninterrupted email security without additional ...
Spammers target Grand Theft Auto fans (RTÉ News)
Gamers desperate to get their hands on Grand Theft Auto IV are being targeted by spam offering free entry to a 'competition' to win a PlayStation 3 and a copy of the much lauded game.
U@play: Forget the big screen; new 'GTA4' has star quality (San Antonio Express-News/KENS 5)
The improvements are all in the details.
Spammers target Grand Theft Auto fans (vnunet.com)
Clement James, vnunet.com , Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 11:38:00 Emails promising PlayStations and copies of game contain malware Gamers desperate to get their hands on Grand Theft Auto IV are being targeted by spam offering free entry to a 'competition' to win a PlayStation 3 and a copy... > Read the full article
Ask Jack: May 1 (Guardian Unlimited)
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British Telecommunications plc Selects SMobile Systems to Secure its Newest Broadband Offering (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Subscribers to British Telecommunications plc's ground-breaking BT Total Broadband Anywhere service, will receive the top-of-the-range broadband service at home and BT ToGo, an all-in-one, Internet-enabled phone designed to email and surf the Internet, in-or-out of the home.
Enterprise Power Comes to Smaller Businesses (Entrpreneur.com)
Because of Software-as-a-Service, the latest and greatest business applications are now available to small businesses.
GTA IV launches as Trojan targets fans (PC Advisor)
Emails offer prizes, deliver Trojans The long-anticipated Grand Theft Auto (GTA) IV game for PS3 and Xbox 360 went on sale worldwide today.
Spammers Hit GTA Fans (DesignTechnica)
A slew of spam e-mails offering the chance to win a free game and PS3 contain malware.
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