Anti-spammers traditionally use tools like traceroute and whois to locate the IP address of the computer spammers are using. Now some hackers are helping the spammers — by developing “invisible bulletproof hosting” that protects a network from such sleuthing tools.
Those #@!%! spammers!
Several anti-spam blacklists have ceased operations in the wake of Denial-of-Service attacks that crippled their websites. The attacks were allegedly launched by spammers.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. I think blacklists serve a fairly useful function in the war against spam, but I will admit that they have been the bane of…
The REAL reason you keep getting all that spam
I say it all the time, but nobody listens: the best way to stop spam is to stop replying to spam.
You too can be a spammer
Ever wonder how easy it is to spam? The New York Times features Confessions of a Spam King, which provides some interesting insight into the culture, not to mention the current state of anti-spam legislation.
A Brighter Outlook for Spam Sufferers
Jeff Beard has a nice post outlining some of the new features available in the soon-to-be-released Outlook 2003. One thing that Jeff and I both are looking forward to is the enhanced spam filter. Read more about it in David Pogue’s Microsoft Office 2003 Reviewed. While you’re at it, head over to the …
Well, this is a rather extreme response
Concerned by the amount of time spent by employees dealing with e-mail, U.K. company Phones4U has banned e-mail in its entirety. Company management believes this will free up an extra three hours each day for the employees.
The OTHER costs of e-mail
AccountingWeb reports on two recent settlements in cases involving sexual harassment and e-mail in the workplace. As e-mail becomes an even greater mode of communication at work, employers are finding themselves increasingly exposed to hostile work environment claims.
A Better Challenge-Response
Mailblocks, an anti-spam program that uses the “challenge-response” method of reducing unwanted e-mail, unveiled an improved product this week. The new version supposedly reduces the number of challenges sent out to the same e-mail sender.
News from the front: the war on spam
Some interesting stories on the neverending quest to eliminate junk from our inboxes: first, the New York Times reports on the Diverging Estimates of the Costs of Spam; although some companies estimate the loss to businesses could be $10 to $20 billion this year, those calculations may not include the hours of time lost…
The week’s spam news
What would a week be without more news on that scourge of our inbox? (a good week, that’s what) First, the MIT Technology Review presents a nice overview of the epidemic in Spam Wars. And the BBC provides more information on a troubling trend: spammers are hijacking our computers to send spam.
The…