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  • Canada lacks anti-spam legislation, plays catch-up

    Posted March 10, 2009 - 7:30 am

    Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Which of these G8 countries is the odd one out? Well, I suppose that each of them is in some way, but Canada is unique among the G8 nations for not having any form of anti-spam legislation. Surprising, eh?

  • The last line of defense against spam

    Posted February 2, 2009 - 5:47 am

    Many organisations that implement an email anti-spam solution will apply a multi-layered approach. They will implement a system that includes content filtering, IP block lists, quarantine of suspected spam items, Bayesian detection, and other important features.

  • SOHO businesses beware of 419 scam

    Posted January 27, 2009 - 11:01 am

    Spam comes in all shapes and sizes. Besides the traditional email spam, spammers target forums, blogs, and now, for the first time I’ve seen them targeting Web 2.0 B2B sites with a variation of the old Nigerian 419 scam, this one involving advanced fee fraud. Small businesses and one-man shops should take note and beware of this activity.

  • Is Canada a Spam Haven?

    Posted December 11, 2008 - 10:46 am

    The spammer that Facebook won a landmark $873 million settlement against last month operated out of Canada, leading to criticism of the country’s lax anti-spam regulations. They did attempt to address the problem of spam in 2004 when they formed the National Task Force on Spam.

  • How well do you know your spam?

    Posted December 11, 2008 - 10:43 am

    Here are some tidbits to share as ongoing education for your email user community.

  • How to decode Spam Headers

    Posted December 4, 2008 - 11:42 am

    Spammers know that they can be tracked through the “Received:” lines in the headers. Therefore, they often attempt to obfuscate the headers to confuse matters. Although “Received:” headers can also be forged, it is somewhat more difficult than simply forging the return address.

  • How do email addresses end up on spam lists?

    Posted October 27, 2008 - 6:48 am

    Every day, millions of people receive dozens of unsolicited commercial emails, known popularly as “spam.” Some users see spam as a minor annoyance, while others are so overwhelmed with spam that they are forced to switch email addresses.

  • Spammer Hiding Techniques

    Posted October 23, 2008 - 4:18 am

    Escaping: This technique uses legal URL formatting to hide the address. Escaping encodes the URL with a percent sign followed by a hexidecimal code. An escaped URL can look like “http://%2E%2E%2E%48%20%18%32%2F%48…”. You can easily decode this by copying it into the location bar of your browser and hitting return.

  • Continuing Spam Legislation

    Posted October 22, 2008 - 4:20 am

    One of the main issues with the original development of email is that it was never designed to be secure. The focus of email was mainly to be functional and easy to use. Today these core functions, which made the invention of email successful, are now the root cause of the problem. Spammers can send millions of messages for a minimal cost.

  • An Educated Email User is a Spammer’s Nightmare

    Posted October 13, 2008 - 7:02 am

    So you have taken the time to research, select and install a world class anti spam solution, such as GFI MailEssentials. And 80,000 satisfied customers say it’s the best. To enhance this solution consider implementing a continuous “anti spam” education program in your company.

  • Political Votes Increase Spam

    Posted October 13, 2008 - 6:55 am

    In the United States the John McCain and Barack Obama presidential campaigns are not the only events cranking up into full swing. With vice presidential running mates now selected, there are recent warnings about political email and blog spam increasing.

  • Spammers Choose GMail

    Posted October 7, 2008 - 6:42 am

    A study by Roaring Penguin has discovered that during the past three weeks, the amount of spam originating from Gmail has risen sharply while spam originating from Yahoo and Hotmail remained flat or dipped slightly. Experts say this huge rise in spam is thanks to the cracking of Google’s CAPTCHA system.

  • To Fight Back, Read What Spammers Read

    Posted October 3, 2008 - 10:47 am

    The Internet Engineering Task Force provides RFC2821, which is an excellent reference for understanding the details of email transport protocols. In order for email administrators to know what they are up against, in thwarting spammers, RFC2821 should “the” primer to ingest.

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