This is an old story, but I thought it was pretty interesting. It seems that the North Korean government is launching an e-mail service that “guarantees the privacy of correspondence.” While I have no idea whether this service works or not, the article mentions that most North Koreans really do have the ultimate in e-mail
That evil spammer could be you
By Tom Mighell on
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Over the past few months, you may have received a bounced e-mail that says your e-mail to a certain person was rejected — and you didn’t send that e-mail in the first place? In that case, the spam didn’t come from your computer — but from another infected computer that had your e-mail address. Experts…
They’re wily, those spammers
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We figure out one way to stop them from spamming us, they just go and find other ways. The info in this article isn’t really news; what’s important to know is that spammers are always finding new ways to get their trash to us.
Oh, and if you want a useful glossary of spamming…
Someone we can all identify with…
By Tom Mighell on
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Spam. Just the word alone brings feelings of frustration and anger to the surface. One man in California was mad as h*ll, and decided he wasn’t going to take it any more. And now he’s in legal trouble, being charged with spam rage for threatening to torture and kill the employees of a company promising…
Giving thanks for….freedom to e-mail
By Tom Mighell on
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As you head off to your holiday celebrations, be thankful that we live in a country that doesn’t arrest you for expressing your opinions in e-mail communications — like Zimbabwe.
Spam-proofing your inbox
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PC World offers Ten Tips for Slaying Spam. There are some good, not-often-thought-of tips here.
Hope for the rest of us
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Did you ever wish you could report that wily Nigerian scammer to the police? One person did, and it turns out the Nigerian was a Canadian…
Update: Alas, we spoke too soon. Prosecutors have decided to drop charges against the alleged scammer.
A helping hand to fight spam
By Tom Mighell on
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Chances are your ISP is increasing its anti-spam efforts, to keep junk mail out of your inbox. I’m generally in favor anything that’s done to fight spam, but I’m just not sure about a solution at the ISP level. The technology is just not good enough yet that “false positives” (legitimate mail that is…
Tips to fight spam
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It’s never a bad time for another tutorial on fighting spam.
A new strategy — finding the good guys
By Tom Mighell on
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The software used to fight spam most often focuses on ways to identify junk e-mail and filter it from your Inbox. The spammers are usually able to keep one step ahead of these efforts. Now the anti-spam forces are trying out a reverse elimination process: find spam by concentrating on legitimate e-mail.