Intriguingly, spam declined as a percentage of overall Internet message traffic in June, according to the folk who measure this kind of thing best. MessageLabs, a provider of managed email security services, said today that the global ratio of spam in email was 1 in 2.6 or 34.4% this month, a decrease of 35.3% over… Read More »
Newly arrived anti-spam service Aliencamel, which I mentioned in an earlier column, tell me they’ve beefed up their service by ‘double scanning’ every email with virus engines from RAV and Kapersky. Aliencamel’s spam technology uses server-based whitelists — allowing email from such addresses to get through — and blacklists — blocking out ‘bad’ email senders… Read More »
UNDER THE WIRE From 26 June 2003 edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review (c) 2003, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. You’re Fired SMS, or text messaging, is great for staying in touch but isn’t so hot for conveying bad news. A recent spate of dismissals via SMS — staff of British insurer Accident Group,… Read More »
Loose Wire — Exorcism for Spam: A theory devised by an English vicar and adopted by smart anti-spammers is your best bet for keeping spam out of your inbox By Jeremy Wagstaff from the 19 June 2003 edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review, (c) 2003, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. A milestone, of sorts,… Read More »