Anti spam
Posts about fighting spam
ORDB offline
Posted by Deborah on January 15, 2007 in Anti spam
In case you have not yet heard; the open relay database ”ordb.org” is now officially offline. For five and a half years the ORDB volunteers maintained a comprehensive list of known open relays. ORDB.org posted the following notice on their website that is now no longer:
“It’’s been a case of a long goodbye as very […]
Do people still fall for spam?
Posted by Deborah on October 28, 2006 in Anti spam
Unfortunately yes, they still do. According to a study conducted by the University of Oxford and Purdue University, the latest lucrative spam practices are stock spamming. You know those messages that warn you that company Xyz is hot right now and will make you a fortune? It turns out that spammers buy up stock before […]
Spamhaus litigation: Will spammers get a second wind?
Posted by Deborah on October 15, 2006 in Anti spam
‘No doubt you have already heard about the court case against Spamhaus by emarketing firm e360Insight. Regardless of the merits of e360’s claims, shutting down Spamhaus cannot be a good idea. Spamhaus currently has 650 million users (including many corporate users) and blocks 50 billion spam messages per day. The majority of these messages are […]
Top 10 spam characteristics (#1-5)
Posted by Deborah on October 2, 2006 in Anti spam
‘In a bid to stop spam, Red Earth Software has compiled a list of the most commonly found characteristics in current spam mails. Last week we saw the top spam characteristics in position #10 to #6. Today we are counting down to the #1 spam characteristic, the characteristic that Red Earth Software has found to […]
The top 10 spam characteristics (#6-10)
Posted by Deborah on September 27, 2006 in Anti spam
‘Even though some spam messages are hard to distinguish from legitimate emails, most spam mails include ‘tell-tale’ signs that can be used to filter them out. In the next few days I will be discussing the Red Earth Software list of current top 10 spam characteristics and how they can be used to detect spam. […]