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Anti-Spam Site Gets Sued, Loses... What's It Mean for You?
Christopher NullY! AdvisorI try to keep discussion of lawsuits to a minimum on this blog, but once in a while an interesting suit rears its head which possibly has large and lasting effects on you, even though you may not real...
New spam technique targets your calendar
Christopher NullY! AdvisorIn the last few weeks a new type of spam has been on the rise: Meeting requests that are sent using the calendar system in Microsoft Outlook and Google's online calendar tool. I call it "c-sp...
Calling the Internet Police?
Christopher NullY! AdvisorReader Jennifer Resuta writes: I have received a bunch of fake lottery mails from "England," "Africa," and so on. What do I do about this? Who do I report it to? Where does on...
Up to 95 Percent of All Email Is Now Spam
Christopher NullY! AdvisorIt's hard to believe it's come to this, but only 1 or 2 out of 20 email messages is now not spam , according to Barracuda Networks, which offers spam filtering services and which analyzed a bi...
Is Spam on the Decline?
Ben PattersonY! AdvisorThat's what anti-spam gurus at Google are claiming, according to a recent report , although not all the experts agree. Google software engineers told Wired News that for the first time in years, t...
Spam turning 30 this month; no gifts, please
Ben PattersonY! AdvisorThe date: May 3, 1978. The culprit: Gary Thuerk, a marketer for the old Digital Equipment Corporation. His crime: Sending a sales e-mail to 393 users on Arpanet (then a U.S. government computer networ...
How Spam Filters Work
Christopher NullY! AdvisorPeople often ask me what spam filter I use. I'm a proud spokesperson for SpamBayes , a free, open source filter that plugs in to Microsoft Outlook. SpamBayes is a Bayesian filter: It learns what i...
Spam Appears Sent from Your Email Address? Here's Why
Christopher NullY! AdvisorReader Denise Brown writes: I just read your article " Follow the Spam ." There was a sentence in there regarding unsuspecting users' email accounts being used to send spam. About two we...
No, Virginia, spam isn't free speech
Ben PattersonY! AdvisorSorry, spammers: It appears the First Amendment won't protect you in court, at least not as long as you're using fake return addresses and selling Viagra. Ars Technica reports that the first U...
How Did I Send This Virus-Infected Email?
Christopher NullY! AdvisorReader Bradley writes: I got this message about a failed delivery {Subject: [POSSIBLE VIRUS:###] Fw: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)}. I never sent this message. Is this just spam, or do I...
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