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, Spam
on June 21, 2010
One of the best ways to keep spam down is to make sure that you don't place your email address indiscriminately on websites that you don't know. People who send spam make a habit of trawling f...
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, Spam
on January 28, 2010
While we normally talk about helping you prevent spam reaching you, today we've decided to have a look at problems on the other side; how people sending legimate emails can get caught out by our e...
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, Spam
on January 8, 2010
You were working as an anti spam engineer at one of the biggest organizations in the world but one fine day you realized you cannot take the pressure of this dull and monotonous job and finally decide...
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Spam
on April 11, 2008
If you have Verizon DSL like I do, you've probably noticed a sharp increase in spam. The messages are the same old thing, purposely misspelled messages promoting online pharmacies, debt reduction ...
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Spam
on April 8, 2008
I have been spammed several times over the past several weeks by a service called Naymz. Several people it seems have wanted me to "join their reputation network." Bah. Like I need another w...
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Spam
on April 4, 2008
Backscatter is a problem that arises when an email server receives bounced messages that come from remote site to a non-local recipient. In simple terms non-delivery reports or delivery status notific...
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Spam
on March 20, 2008
A number of compliance and operational risk acts and frameworks including SOX, hipaa, GLBA, PCI, ISO, BASIL, BASIL II, FFIEC, SEC, NFPA, BC, DR to name a few prescribe the storage of information, whic...
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Spam
on March 6, 2008
Dameon over at the VOIP blog has an interesting post about spam via IM on Skype. Users receive an IM from some with a sexy name and picture asks to be added to your contact list. Of course it isn'...
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Spam
on February 29, 2008
A new peer to peer botnet is on the scene, and it's even more powerful than Storm. It's begun attacking U.S. based enterprises, educational institutions and ISPs. Named the MayDay botnet, it&#...
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Spam
on February 29, 2008
McAfee is warning that the number of spammers using the out of office or "vacation" functions of web-based email services to send spam is in the rise. These auto-responders are configured to...
