SPAM IS BACK

Dec 6, 2006 | mail, spam

You’ve probably noticed it, and here’s a New York Times article to confirm it: after a respite for a year or two, the volume of spam has risen sharply in the last few months; worldwide spam volumes have doubled since last year and it currently accounts for...

AOL & YAHOO ALLOW BIG SPENDERS TO AVOID SPAM FILTERS

Feb 6, 2006 | business, spam

AOL & Yahoo are going to allow spam to reach mailboxes if the senders pay a fee for each message. Here’s an article about the new system.It’s hard to predict the result, but my gut feeling is that it’s a disaster for consumers. AOL & Yahoo...

SPAM CONFUSES ME

Aug 28, 2004 | mail, security, spam

Outlook 2003 does a remarkable job of filtering spam. (Make sure you get the latest updates from Office Update.) It’s no surprise that the spammers are trying to get messages through the antispam filters with new techniques to conceal the true nature of their...

ONE PERSON’S SPAM IS ANOTHER PERSON’S TREASURE

Jul 28, 2004 | spam

Yahoo Mail surveyed 3100 people in May about spam. One-fifth of the US residents said they have bought products from spammers. Twenty percent! It’s enormously difficult to draw the line between “spam” (a despised scourge) and...

NO END TO BATTLE AGAINST SPAM

Jun 10, 2004 | mail, security, spam

E-mail security firm MessageLabs reported this week that spam accounted for 76% of all e-mail traffic worldwide recently, and the level is rising. Filters are struggling to keep up. One knowledgeable columnist installed a server-based filter but discovered that its...

OUTLOOK 2003 SPAM FILTER UPDATE

Mar 25, 2004 | mail, Outlook, spam

If you’re using Outlook 2003, go to the Office Update site and install whatever updates it suggests. Among other things, you’ll get a brand new update for the spam filter in Outlook 2003. Here’s more information about the update.