Spam Filters Explained

What do they do? How do they work? Which one is right for me? By Alan Hearnshaw Spam is a very real problem that many people have to deal with on a daily basis. For those that have decided to do something about it and start to investigate the options available in spam filtering, this article provides a brief introduction to your options and the types of spam filters available. Despite the bewildering array of spam filters available today, all claiming to the best one “of its kind” there are really just five filtering methodologies in general use today and all products rely on one, or a combination of these:

Spam with Typos: Why Do They All Have Spelling Errors?

Spammers spend a lot of time trying to sidestep filters, ending up sending you messages with weird, often-amusing and frequently baffling subjects. This article explores why this happens.

Don't Look Spammy!

We all hate spam and get way too much of it – agreed? Now that we have that out of the way it is important to realize that in everyone’s zest to minimize their spam, we are deleting legitimate e-mails – and those e-mail could be YOUR business messages!

Internet Tip of the Week: Cease and Desist

Every customer looks for 3 special benefits when they do business with you. They may not specifically ask for these benefits. But you're losing sales if you don't automatically provide all 3.

How To Stop Spam (Especially If You're Already a Victim)

Spam. Those annoying, time-consuming emails that clog your Inbox and ruin your day. You wonder: How did it ever get so bad? While it's not possible to completely eliminate spam, there are quite a few...

CAN-SPAM Basics

Thinking about doing an e-mail promotion campaign? Getting spammed on your office computers? You need to know the basics about the federal CAN-SPAM Act.

Email Spam and Phishing

It seems like the volume of email spam has doubled in the last month. Increasingly, we receive daily emails for better mortgage rates, pharmaceutical discounts, and offers to enlarge body parts we do...

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.

Get Your News Releases Through the Spam Filters in 11 Easy Steps

Spam filters are a necessary evil in the publicity world. Just like you, reporters get enormous amounts of email. Get your releases through the filters with these 11 easy steps.

Demand for Spam? It exists

The recently released preliminary results of the end-user survey on email hygiene show that some end users still make the same blunders when dealing with spam. Spam filters won't solve the whole problem; much still depends on end users. The consequences of carelessness can be very serious when such a user is at work.

Educating Readers

This article deals with the need to educate readers on what is spam and what is permissable email marketing.

Dealing With SPAM - An E-mail Address Strategy

With SPAM email being such a problem it might seem the right thing to do is never give anyone your email address. As a strategy that's not bad but it misses one rather important point; the purpose of having an email address is to be able to exchange emails, both with friends and also as a means to receive eZines from online forums and information sites. We'll show you how can take control of your own email and smash SPAM!

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: 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.

Spammer in the Slammer: Jeremy Jaynes Sentenced to Nine Years

Jeremy Jaynes was on top of the world. By age 28, he owned a million-dollar home, a high-class restaurant, a chain of gyms and countless other toys. Yet those were only the spoils of his main line of business, which was swindling innocent people out of their money through email scams. Now he has been sentenced to 9 years in prison. How will this affect the spamming community?