Topic

Spam

202 published works

DennisKennedy.Blog December 10, 2003
Surviving Spam Filtering
By Dennis Kennedy
Learning techniques to get your e-mail messages has now become a necessity if you want to communicate by e-mail. Jakon Nielsen's column on Useit.com this week addresses the issue and…
DennisKennedy.Blog December 3, 2003
Hijacked Computers Responsible For One-Third Of All Spam
By Dennis Kennedy
These kinds of article make you wonder how lucrative the spam business really must be and serve as a reminder that good computer security practices are a social responsibility.
Tom Mighell December 2, 2003
They’re wily, those spammers
By Tom Mighell
We figure out one way to stop them from spamming us, they just go and find other ways. The info in this article isn't really news; what's important to know is…
Tom Mighell November 28, 2003
Someone we can all identify with…
By Tom Mighell
Spam. Just the word alone brings feelings of frustration and anger to the surface. One man in California was mad as h*ll, and decided he wasn't going to take it…
Tom Mighell November 25, 2003
Spam-proofing your inbox
By Tom Mighell
PC World offers Ten Tips for Slaying Spam. There are some good, not-often-thought-of tips here.
DennisKennedy.Blog November 6, 2003
The Dirty Little Secret of Spam Filtering
By Dennis Kennedy
Unintended consequences? The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Yet another example.
Tom Mighell October 29, 2003
A helping hand to fight spam
By Tom Mighell
Chances are your ISP is increasing its anti-spam efforts, to keep junk mail out of your inbox. I'm generally in favor anything that's done to fight spam, but I'm just not…
Tom Mighell October 17, 2003
Tips to fight spam
By Tom Mighell
It's never a bad time for another tutorial on fighting spam.
Tom Mighell October 13, 2003
A new strategy — finding the good guys
By Tom Mighell
The software used to fight spam most often focuses on ways to identify junk e-mail and filter it from your Inbox. The spammers are usually able to keep one step…
Tom Mighell October 10, 2003
Spam enablers
By Tom Mighell
Anti-spammers traditionally use tools like traceroute and whois to locate the IP address of the computer spammers are using. Now some hackers are helping the spammers -- by developing "invisible bulletproof hosting" that…