“We’re not likely to send out unsolicited e-mails.”

The federal agency charged with protecting consumers from Internet scams now finds itself wrapped up in one.Identity thieves have sent thousands of bogus e-mails purporting to be from the Federal Trade Commission _ as well as the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department _ in an attempt to trick consumers into divulging personal financial information.The agencies are the latest institutions to be exploited in ‘phishing’ scams, long the bane of large banks and credit card issuers. Read more
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“Meanwhile, with spammers always looking for new ways to bi-pass anti-spam solutions such as attaching PDF files, the industry is struggling to keep up.”

PineApp survey highlights growing threat from image based spam 50% of organisations not coping with image-based spam 24 July 2007: A survey by PineApp of 400 medium to large organisations in the UK has found … via Total Telecom
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“I’m sorry, your message has > been trapped by my spam filter. If this > is a legitimate email message, please > put the word PASSWORD in the subject. > Thank you.”

About: Apache SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter that is used to identify spam. via Freshmeat
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But I looked through my email over the last week, and I have two social email. The other 5,000 or so are business , or mail lists about things I’m interested in, Google Alerts, or spam. via Megite Technology News
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“To a large respect the whole industry has harped around a performance metric of getting more of the nasty messages out of people’s inboxes”

Users of challenge-response technology reported the most satisfaction making it the most effective method to fight annoying spam, according to an independent study. via TechTarget
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Mitch Joel offers a thought-provoking post about his recent experience transferring his subscription-based email traffic over to a GMail account, to keep his workflow in order.* This serves as a stunning … via Traffick.com
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“YOU (andrew.m) have joined #martian_ ‘=-=’Mode #martian_ +nt by localhost.localdomain ‘=-=’Topic for #martian_ is ‘.bot.remove”

Internet service provider Cox Communications’is reportedly diverting attempts to reach certain online chat channels and redirecting them to a server that attempts to remove spyware from the computer.”By doing … via Privacy Digest
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“Website infections have increased significantly in the past six months. The number of infected sites has grown more than five times since January”

Sophos Reveals Sharp Rise in Web Threats, and Uncovers Latest Trends in Viruses, Spyware and Spam Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, has published new research on the first six months of … via Software Journal
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“Studies show that people on IM at work don’t waste too much time chatting with friends, and their productivity gain would outweigh any socialising.”

If your inbox has spiralled out out of control, you’re not alone. Jimmy Lee Shreeve reports on the new ways to stay in touch It was the 250 e-mails a day that finally sent Darren Lennard, managing director of … via The Belfast Telegraph
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Usually, I’m in favor of billions of anything. But that’s not the case with spam. via Fool.com
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“We’ve seen that ISPs are constantly putting new policies in place, and those policies relate to reputation best practices.”

If you’ve been sending e-mail marketing messages, you’ve probably noticed a significant development over the past six months to a year: Deliverability now has more to do with reputation than it does with … via BtoB Magazine
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“We’ve seen that ISPs are constantly putting new policies in place, and those policies relate to reputation best practices.”

If you’ve been sending e-mail marketing messages, you’ve probably noticed a significant development over the past six months to a year: Deliverability now has more to do with reputation than it does with … via BtoB Magazine
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“It was very easy to misspell something and wind up going somewhere completely different”

Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Jul. 24–A well-known author and computer expert on the Internet, e-mail and cybersecurity testified Monday in the retrial of a former Yuma teacher accused of molesting some of his … via Customer Interaction Solutions
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“Meanwhile, with spammers always looking for new ways to bi-pass anti-spam solutions such as attaching PDF files, the industry is struggling to keep up.”

PineApp survey highlights growing threat from image based spam 50% of organisations not coping with image-based spam 24 July 2007: A survey by PineApp of 400 medium to large organisations in the UK has found … via Total Telecom
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“YOU (andrew.m) have joined #martian_ ‘=-=’Mode #martian_ +nt by localhost.localdomain ‘=-=’Topic for #martian_ is ‘.bot.remove”

Internet service provider Cox Communications’is reportedly diverting attempts to reach certain online chat channels and redirecting them to a server that attempts to remove spyware from the computer.”By doing … via Privacy Digest
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“Website infections have increased significantly in the past six months. The number of infected sites has grown more than five times since January”

Sophos Reveals Sharp Rise in Web Threats, and Uncovers Latest Trends in Viruses, Spyware and Spam Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, has published new research on the first six months of … via Software Journal
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Mitch Joel offers a thought-provoking post about his recent experience transferring his subscription-based email traffic over to a GMail account, to keep his workflow in order.* This serves as a stunning … via Traffick.com
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