Invasion of the Email Snatchers

They're sneaky. And stealthy. They're quiet and mostly unobtrusive, but once you've been visited by them, you'll know it. Because you'll be inundated with a seemingly never-ending stream of spam-mails.

How to Fight Back BEFORE You're Falsely Accused of Spam

A friend of mine received a chilling email message from his ISP the other day. Someone had reported him as sending SPAM and the ISP warned that an additional SPAM complaint would result in losing hi...

Corporate Email Policies Lower Unnecessary Legal and Security Risks

What comes to your mind when you think about your email? Email makes possible almost instant communication with your co-workers without leaving your desk, a quick note to a family member who lives fa...

How To Stop Spam

Special Report: How to Stop Spam I imagine you have seen, heard about, or already know what spam is. But just in case you don’t, it is unsolicited and unwanted emails that arrive in your email inbo...

Spam - It's What's For Breakfast

The first thing I do every morning when I wake up is head for my computer. It holds the secrets to my day. I read my e-mails from several accounts, check my schedule on my Outlook calendar and even find out how much money I can spend that day from my bank's Web site. I'd be lost without my computer. However, I have one huge frustration - privacy invasion. In the last three months alone I have had the privacy of my personal computer invaded in so many ways I am starting to feel like it is public property instead of my own property.

SPAM: A Nutrious Food or a Waste of Time?

Help yourself and your readers by being very descriptive in your email subject lines. When we give an accurate subject line, we begin to answer the question “What’s this about?” Our readers appreciate knowing how to focus their reading and also feel more confident opening emails presented this way. Read this article for ways to make your subject lines descriptive.

What SPAM Means: Stupid People Annoying Me

Has anyone else noticed the sudden blast of unsolicited e-mail loaded with url's? What's even better, the bulk of this SPAM is in a foreign language.

5 Zero-Cost Spam Prevention Tools For All Situations!

Anyone who uses email knows what Spam is! It's annoying and time consuming to wade through volumes of fraud, con and obscene emails to filter out the really important ones. Here are 5 free tools to end the menace...

Spammer Stole My Email Address?

Do you get bounced, or rejected emails sent by someone else, with YOUR email address in the From line? Does it mean your computer was hacked, or a spammer has stolen your email address? Relax... this is the work of a spammer, but it does NOT indicate any security breach on your computer.

Email Delivery & The War Against Spam

The war is afoot between legitimate senders of mass email and spammers. There is an ever-increasing number of tools, in the form of algorithms and list management tools. These tools will affect email delivery and reduce the amount of spam that has hijacked the email industry.

Anti-Spam Software Case Study: Pacesetter Claims Service

When catastrophe strikes, many insurance companies tend to get flooded with new claims and spam in the email inbox is the last thing they want to deal with...

Avoiding the Impact of Spam

It is estimated that 56% of all mail that passes through the Internet is spam, and managing it costs an average of $874 per employee per year. Currently, there is very little that can be done to prevent spam from being created and sent. The only effective remedy is to implement a filtering system to aid in the management of this nuisance.

SPAM Issues that You Must Be Aware of

When a SPAM complaint is filed, it is up to the ISP and web-hosting companies to determine what is and is not, SPAM. Often providers terminate website or dial up access based on just one complaint. Providers must strictly enforce their terms or they will face action by their upstream providers.