Topic
Spam
202 published works
Tom Mighell
PC Resolutions for 2003, Part IV
By Tom Mighell
Continuing with PC World's Top 10 PC Resolutions for 2003, here are #7 and #8: Want to be Spam Free? -- the bad news is, it's tough to completely eliminate…
Tom Mighell
A new tactic for defeating spam
By Tom Mighell
One of the unintended (and unwanted) side effects in the fight against spam is that while only 25% of all spam gets blocked by spam-killing software and blacklists, fully 35%…
Tom Mighell
Sometimes these Spam fighters work TOO well
By Tom Mighell
I mentioned back on November 5 that the Federal Trade Commission receives about 70,000 spam messages sent in by Internet users. This article from Wired notes that the FTC itself…
Tom Mighell
Spam is going to destroy the universe
By Tom Mighell
A little melodramatic? Maybe not. Consider this: to fight junk e-mail, we employ spam filters and other programs, that put the unwanted e-mail on a "black list." Unfortunately, these black…
Tom Mighell
Awash in a flood of spam
By Tom Mighell
Since 1998, the Federal Trade Commission has requested Internet users to forward unwanted spam to it for investigation. The agency now receives over 70,000 forwarded e-mails a day. What does…
Tom Mighell
Soon, it WILL all be spam
By Tom Mighell
Last week, Earthlink mistakenly refused a large number of e-mails coming from various domains, thinking it was spam. This just happened to me -- I regularly forward e-mail from my…
Tom Mighell
That admin alert may be spam
By Tom Mighell
Clever spammers are now creating junk mail that masquerades as an alert from your network administrator. Tricky, tricky....now you don't even have to open your e-mail program to get spam.
Tom Mighell
Spam and Legit E-mail: Can you tell the difference anymore?
By Tom Mighell
This article from CNET discusses how legitimate Internet advertisers are suffering a backlash from Internet users, who apply the term "spam" to any unwanted e-mail intrusion.
Tom Mighell
Are YOU an unwitting spammer?
By Tom Mighell
CNET has an interesting (if somewhat heavy on tech language) article on how spammers are using the networks of unsuspecting Internet users to shuttle the unwanted e-mail.
Tom Mighell
The Politics of Spam
By Tom Mighell
You would think that a problem as bad as spam would be deserving of some attention by legislators. Well, it has, but in the wrong direction -- now you can…