http://www.spam-pro.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:16:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Todd Green  Providing security against email related threats has become a burden for most IT professionals in 2006. According to a recent study by Postini, spam and email viruses now make up to 80% of all emails sent out as compared to 50% in 2000. As a result, IT professionals ... http://www.spam-pro.com/3/seven-tips-for-securing-your-organizations-network-from-spam-and-email-viruses/ by Sam Vaknin  Tennessee resident K. C. "Khan" Smith owes the internet service provider EarthLink $24 million. According to the CNN, in August 2001 he was slapped with a lawsuit accusing him of violating federal and state Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statutes, the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ... http://www.spam-pro.com/32/the-economics-of-spam/ by Dr. Paul Judge Microsoft scores one for the good guys Scott Richter, the self-proclaimed “Spam King,” just can’t seem to get enough attention. Admittedly responsible for sending literally billions of Unsolicited Commercial Email messages (UCE), Richter made headlines again recently when his spam-fed cash cow, OptInRealBig.com, filed for bankruptcy protection in ... http://www.spam-pro.com/34/busted-anti-spam-forces-bankrupt-super-spammer-scott-richter-2/ by Irina I exercise regularly and follow a healthy diet. My weight is right on the money. So every invitation "to loose 30 pounds in 20 days" insults more than just my intelligence and literary taste. Yet until now I managed to treat Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) or simply SPAM as ... http://www.spam-pro.com/35/here-comes-the-spam/ by John Tourloukis With anti spam vendors offering low cost licensing, businesses can now afford advanced email spam and virus protection with a simple to use interface at a much lower cost. The great thing about technology is that as it evolves it gets faster, additional features and economical. Over the ... http://www.spam-pro.com/36/email-anti-spam-and-virus-protection-for-businesses-there-is-hope/ by Dan Farber Last night Mitch Kapor, Esther Dyson and Danny O’Brien debated the pros and cons of sender-pay email at a fundraiser for the Electronic Frontier Foundation held at the Roxie Film Center in the Mission district. Actually Mitch was the moderator, but the co-founder of EFF and Chair of ... http://www.spam-pro.com/37/effs-sender-pay-email-debate-ends-in-draw/ by Todd Green What is spam? Spam is an unsolicited advertisement usually distributed electronically via computers on the Internet. Although most spam is sent through email (or bulk emailing), it may also be distributed through Internet newsgroups, instant messengers (SPIM), mailing lists, and blogs. Most often, a single spam is part of ... http://www.spam-pro.com/38/got-spam/ by Deb Shinder E-mail communications are essential to getting the job done in today's business world, but many companies are overwhelmed by spam, the security risks of e-mail-borne viruses and worms and liability implications of e-mail containing pornography or other undesirable content. It's getting harder and harder for network administrators to ... http://www.spam-pro.com/39/managed-e-mail-security-services-is-it-the-right-solution-for-your-network/ By Christopher J Enders  A server spam filter is a software application that scans incoming email messages, identifies SPAM based on preset configurations and isolates the unsolicited email so that it never reaches the email inboxes of the personal computers in the computer network. SPAM is the slang term that is commonly ... http://www.spam-pro.com/40/how-a-server-spam-filter-saves-time-money-and-downtime/ By John Sylvester Today I met a client for lunch. He runs a ticketing agency in Vienna and complained about confirmation emails not getting through to customers with an AOL or Yahoo email account. In an article he recently stumbled upon, it referes to: “AOL and Yahoo are planning to begin charging ... http://www.spam-pro.com/41/are-aol-and-yahoo-rabid-extortionists-or-just-plain-stupid/