One of the problems with SPAM is that you have to spend so much time downloading and deleting it. Another problem is that people you send email to do too. Your legitimate message may get lost in the deluge. How do you avoid the problem? One way is to offer people to whom you send...
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ZetaGecko on email and SPAM
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Another use for SPF records
by ZetaGecko | Email
The main purpose of SPF records is to determine whether an email was really sent by who it claims to come from in order to block or tag suspect emails. This can assist mail servers in handling both spam and worms. Another problem that can be reduced using SPF is the number of messages sent...
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It's a matter of priorities: Gecko Tribe offers a wide variety of products and services from t-shirts to iMovie plugins to RSS tools to FileMaker Pro plugins to online chess, and yes, a SPAM filter. My list of work priorities has grown quite long, and maintaining SPAMbaffle has taken a back seat to my core...
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Why have multiple email addresses?
by ZetaGecko | Email
Some methods of reducing spam require the use of multiple email addresses. Throwaway addresses, which are created as needed for temporary purposes, and deleted when they start getting spam, have been discussed here in the past. Another use of multiple addresses is to set different levels of filtering on each. Give your friends and family...
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How to set up SPF records
by ZetaGecko | Email
SPF is an emerging standard that let's the owners of domain names tell people who receive email claiming to be from that domain name which SMTP servers are allowed to send email from that domain name. That's a slightly complex sentence, so let me give you an example. Then I'll make a note or two...
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Every time I hear someone suggest the idea of using an RSS client to access their email, it boggles my mind anew. I can understand people casting about for a solution to the problem of spam (and the flood of legitimate email some people receive, for that matter), and the fact that newsfeed items disappear...
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Reducing spam by securing computers
by ZetaGecko | Email
We all know that keeping computers up-to-date on security patches is important to fight computer viruses and worms, but did you know that it also helps reduce spam? For around a year now, spammers have been writing worms of their own (or paying someone else to do so) which infect vulnerable computers and use them...
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Throwaway addresses in qmail
by ZetaGecko | Email
Back in March, I wrote about using throwaway email addresses--addresses that you use in places you're afraid you might get spam from and then delete if spam starts coming in. Services are available online that offer throwaway addresses. But if you're mail server runs qmail (and probably if it runs other software--I just don't know...
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Can vigilantism stop spam?
by ZetaGecko | Email
One spam solution I've often heard bandied about is to launch DDoS attacks against the perpetrators. This would be done by having spam filters automatically load and reload every web page linked to from email it identifies as spam, and perhaps crawl the websites pointed to. With enough spam filters responding this way, the spammers'...
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The American Dream: A SPAM filter in every mailbox
by ZetaGecko | Email
In April 82% of email was spam--a new record. And yet, 36% of those using spam filters don't refine them after initial installation. Even worse, 28% of companies in the same survey don't use spam filters at all. I read these statistics, and they sound alarming. Why would so many people leave themselves so woefully...
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