Dealing With SPAM - An E-mail Address Strategy

With SPAM being such a problem it might seem the right thing to do is never give anyone your email address. As a strategy that's not bad but it misses one rather important point; the purpose of having an email address is to be able to exchange emails, both with... Read More

Challenge Response Spam Filters Explained

As the flood of spam increases end users are looking for new and more efficient solutions to block spam. In turn software developers are knocking themselves out trying to come up with the killer app that will stop spam forever.For several years now companies have been focusing on faster and... Read More

Pst... Pass It On... I Found Out Its a Hoax

When you receive an email telling you about a virus, what do you do with it? Do you send it to everyone in your address book to help them protect themselves too?A virus warning is probably on its way to your inbox right now, claiming to be from a credible... Read More

How Spammers Fool Spam Blacklists - And How to Stop Them

Effectively stopping spam over the long-term requires much more than blocking individual IP addresses and creating rules based on keywords that spammers typically use. The increasing sophistication of spam tools coupled with the increasing number of spammers in the wild has created a hyper-evolution in the variety and volume of... Read More

Get Your News Releases Through the Spam Filters in 11 Easy Steps

In today's spam-filled email world, it's sometimes VERY difficult to get your news releases and PR pitches to the media person you are trying to reach. These tips hold true for personal emails, too, so even if you don't do P.R., this article offers some important email tips.Here are a... Read More

How To Identify Spam

Most of us have opened our email program and found, alongside correspondence from people that we know, offers for products from commercial web sites. Some of these emails we expect. We have asked to be notified of sales and other opportunities or joined a mailing list offered by the company.Many... Read More

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,... Read More

How to Avoid Spam Complaints in Your Emails

Spam filters are responsible for deleting a high percentage of legitimate business emails from people who have no wish to spam. Here are some tips to avoid spam complaints in your emails or ezine.Avoid the following triggers in your emails.1. Excessive use of ALL CAPITALS in the subject line and... Read More

FTC Botches Fight on SPAM, Microsoft Takes Over the Battle

While the Federal Trade Commission is busy fighting over definitions of "What is SPAM;" Microsoft and Bill Gates are taking it to the enemy. Today Microsoft announced another case and legal action, which is being taken against a spammer who is in Germany. Microsoft did not announce the name of... Read More

Managing Spam in 2005

In 1998, nearly 10% of all email traffic on the internet was SPAM. By 2003 that number had climbed to 50%, and the problem had gotten so bad that Congress passed the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act)The specific requirements and penalties of... Read More

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Junk Mail Works!

Junk mail works. Why does it work? How does it... Read More

The Definition of Spam

Spam can bring down your website faster than a speeding... Read More

Fight Spam and Fortify Your Web Site with RSS

RSS is the answer to the Spam epidemic of the... Read More

Email Spam and Phishing

It seems like the volume of email spam has doubled... Read More

Im Guilty Until Proven Innocent

No doubt about it."Spam" (unsolicited commercial email) threatens to paralyze... Read More

Spam Filters Explained

What do they do? How do they work? Which one... Read More

Having a Bad e MALE Day? Email, Spam, Spam and More Spam

You just sat at your desk, opened your email account... Read More

What to Do to Avoid Getting Banned

How would you feel if you found a link on... Read More

Kill The Messenger (Service)

You are familiar with the software applications that you run... Read More

Is Your Website Blacklisted?

A blacklist, as the name implies, is a list of... Read More

Block Ads, Defeat Pop-Ups, and STOP Page Hijacking

You're not alone!Who hasn't surfed the web looking for information... Read More

How Spammers Fool Bayesian Filters - And How to Stop Them

Effectively stopping spam over the long-term requires much more than... Read More

Spamicide: Man Spammed to Death While Checking His E-mail

Death by spam is now possible with a new device... Read More

Dont Look Spammy!

We all hate spam and get way too much of... Read More

How To Identify Spam

Most of us have opened our email program and found,... Read More

Are You A Spam Zombie?

Over the past few years you've all become familiar with... Read More

How to Write a Privacy Policy

A Privacy Policy can be defined as the policy under... Read More

A War on SPAM: Attacking The Evil

As most small, medium and large businesses in this country... Read More

Three Faces of SPAM

Like everybody who will ever read this, I get spam... Read More

What To Do When You Get Spam

When you go to your mailbox and find pieces of... Read More

Get Your News Releases Through the Spam Filters in 11 Easy Steps

In today's spam-filled email world, it's sometimes VERY difficult to... Read More

The Business Of Sending Spam

You all tear your hair out in frustration every time... Read More

Customers Demand Internet Privacy

... and you'd better sit up and take notice! Customers... Read More

The Vanishing Mail

Am I Just Being Paranoid Or Are The Robots Out... Read More

Where Did The Word Spam Come From?

We've all become familiar with the term spam. It's become... Read More

Phishing for an Identity

Phishing is rapidly becoming on the largest threats to your... Read More

How To Analyze A Rip-Off Scheme

This review is taken DIRECTLY from a piece of "junk... Read More

Your Dolphin E-mail Caught In Spam Tuna Net?

Let me ask a couple of questions:If (potential) customers sends... Read More

Dealing With SPAM - An E-mail Address Strategy

With SPAM being such a problem it might seem the... Read More

SPAM: A Nutrious Food or a Waste of Time?

Unless the filters on your computer are really good, you're... Read More

Stop Spam: How To Escape The Spam Hell-Hole

If you're anything like me, you're pretty sick of it,... Read More

The Anti Spam Challenge ? Minimizing False Positives

Email is the quintessential business communication tool, so when it... Read More

How To Stop Unwanted Email Spam

You can stop unwanted email spam, you can choose to... Read More