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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Block spam with an easy behavioral change
- E-mails now have a connection back to their servers. I will leave the technical aspects out of this article. Instead, I will walk you through how information from your computer is getting back to them.You have probably experienced this already, an e-mail lands in your box with many symbols in the subject line created with the Shift Key plus a Number Key. This is the most common one. For exa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Blackhole or fail - which one is better for your mail server?
- Very often SPAMMERS take advantage of catch-all email setup on webservers. Every email no matter what the recipients email address is will be caught by the default email account. It is highly recommended not to use catch-all email accounts and to discard SPAM send to non-existing email addresses. SPAM will clog up your SMTP server and consum resources like bandwidth and disk space in mailboxes. In...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Bayesian spam filters explained
- In a word Bayesian spam filters are "intelligent". Bayesian spam filters are intelligent in so far as they're capable of comparing two sets of information and acting on the result. This is in direct contrast to the vast majority of other spam filters who use pre-built rules to decide which e-mail is spam and which is not.Bayesian spam filters can take one group of legitimate e-mail and anot...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Avoiding the spam trap: get your message delivered!
- Your message is not being delivered.If you send emails to your customers, I have some bad news for you. Not all of your emails are making it to your intended recipients. Between ISP spam filters, spam-blocking email servers, spam-killing email software, and email content filtering everywhere in between, the chances are high that your messages just aren't making it past all of these roadbloc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Having a bad e male day? email, spam, spam and more spam
- You just sat at your desk, opened your email account and what do you get? First there is some anonymous donkey from an anonymous and anything but respectable mortgage lender telling you that they can arrange your finance at 3% and all you need to do now that your application is approved is to sign along the dotted line and get in touch with them. This is despite the fact that you have never heard ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three faces of spam
- Like everybody who will ever read this, I get spam in my e-mail. Mine seems to fall into one of three categories. The first is the Nigerian scam about helping some poor, pathetic soul collect megabucks, supposedly from someone who has died and left a fortune. I'm not sure what is worse: that there are people desperate enough to believe those messages, or that there are people despicable enough to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet tip of the week: information overload
- We receive so much information on the Internet, especially via email, that many times we have difficulty separating the good "stuff" from the junk. Most of us put unsolicited email (spam) in the junk category. By the time we weed through all that "stuff" however, we are approaching information overload, and may give "short shrift" to the really good information we receive.One way to overcom...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet tip of the week: outsourcing
- It's no secret that the US economy has slowed down, and many jobs have been outsourced overseas. Thousands of companies are still and are being forced to cut costs, decrease benefits, and even lay off employees. Many of those who lost their jobs, wil l try their hand at doing business on the Internet.It seems however, that lately I've been hearing a great deal about the difficulty of doing ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet tip of the week: cease and desist
- While we all admit that unsolicited commercial email is a real pain, I sometimes wonder if the anti-spam zealots are going too far. Last week I was in Costa Rica, and the only practical way to communicate home was by email. I maintain an AOL account just for that purpose when traveling, and was amazed to find out when I got home, that I only received about half of the email which was sent - some o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is email dying?
- 2004 was really a year when the whole subject of email and spam has been at the forefront of the minds of internet marketers.The anti Spam legislation has had more than the desired effect. I think everyone hates spam, even spammers. I guess also that everyone hates spammers, except spammers, though they probably hate other spammers. An attempt by legislators in different countries to preven...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont give the spammers your address from your page
- Spammers get email addresses from web pages using programs called spiders which tour the internet capturing letter strings with the "@" character in it.Signing up for extra information at some sites and giving your email address can also get you a flood of unwanted mail, but although it feels like spam, it is, or started as, "Opt-in" email.However, recent legislation in some countrie...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The vanishing mail
- Am I Just Being Paranoid Or Are The Robots Out To Get Me?It all started in the early part of the twenty-first century.In the early days of email we were thrilled with its speed and reliability, far superior to "snail mail" but there's always somebody who has to go and spoil things for everyone else. In the case of email it was the purveyors of the namesake of a certain pork-based sub...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Avoid, shun, thwart, prevent, and then filter spam
- Email is rapidly becoming the standard means of communication among businesses, associates, and even friends. While many people have now been using the internet and email for years, there are thousands of new users on the internet each day. With inexpensive web hosting, free email services, and the blog burst upon us, getting your own slice of the internet pie has never been easier.Whether ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 zero-cost spam prevention tools for all situations!
- Anyone who uses email knows what Spam is!It's annoying and time consuming to wade through volumes of fraud, con and obscene emails to filter out the really important ones. And I am sure you are affected by this menace in some form or other.How do we reduce this intolerable amounts of junk?Here are 5 Zero-Cost tools to prevent junk cluttering your mail box. (You can access them...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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.When sendin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 v...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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:1. Use a throwaway email address when posting to pu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spam filters explained
- What do they do? How do they work? Which one is right for me? By Alan HearnshawSpam is a very real problem that many people have to deal with on a daily basis. For those that have decided to do something about it and start to investigate the options available in spam filtering, this article provides a brief introduction to your options and the types of spam filters available.Despite ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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.This fraudulent activity is considered the fastest growing crime of modern times. The favorite target groups of phishers seem to be very young children and senior ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anti trackback and comment spam methods
- What is spam ? Spam is text or URL, in one or several exemplars, neither being waited nor wished, not having, neither directly nor from its shipper, no relationship neither with the recipient nor with a possible resource related to the recipient. How does spam appears in blogs ? Through the comments' body and comment...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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." The first paragraph reads: "I had received this program before and threw it away, but later I wondered if I shouldn't have ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Winning the war on spam
- For years I didn't worry much about spam.But lately it's got out of control. Over half of my email is now spam, and it was growing by the week - until I took action.This article shows you some strategies for winning the war on spam.------------------------------------------------How Do They Get Your Address?------------------------------------------------I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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.Some features of Lockspam Free 3.0 antispam software:1. Function with Most POP3 Mail Clients Lockspam Free 3.0 can work with mail clients like Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Incredimail, Mozilla, Pegasus Ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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. Many companies have no idea their products are being sold on the black market...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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. This deluge of irritating junk has unfortunately interfered with legitimate e-zine publishers, because we're caught in the anti-spam crossfire. If you publish any type of e-mail publication, there's a likely chance that your e-zine is NOT reaching a portion of your readers. Wh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 ...
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- 2007-04-06 22:09:10 - Your computer is infected with spyware and adware!
- Every day internet surfers install SpyWare and AdWare components on their PC's without even knowing it by clicking on pop up ads, downloading music files, installing free programs and so on.
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