Hype
Spam detection is now a necessary
component of your online security and privacy protection. With email communication
quickly becoming filled with more spam than legitimate communication, you
cannot afford not to protect your mailbox with the SPAM DESTROYER. If you
are tired of the frustration of receiving more spam than real email, download
the trial, and find out why the Spam Destroyer is one of the most downloaded
and used anti-spam software available.
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So reads (more or less) the blurb for just one of the many products
on the market claiming to be the solution to unwanted email.
However, if you want something that really works, is inexpensive, easy
to set up and very effective, try Mailshield
by Lyris.
I have used SpamDetective (the predecessor of Mailshield) for several
years and found it just excellent. Every time the cretins who send junkmail
find a new way to bypass filtering software, it takes just a few seconds
to feed the data in to SpamDetective and presto! - no more spam from that
particular lowlife. Same goes for virus detection - once the program is
set up to recognise typical virus signatures, all the worms and trojans
are despatched to the sin bin for deletion.
And no worries about accidental deletions or false detection - the sin
bin stores all suspect emails for final verification - a glance at the
list, click any that you need to retrieve - then another click and all
the spam is gone.
Believe it or not, with this program, foiling the spammers is fun!
And the best part - none of the rubbish ever makes it to your email
inbox - all the work is done externally - and much of it is done automatically!
Got Spam?
NO MORE SPAM
A similar program is MailWasher,
which has the advantages of being both faster and free! (Well, it used
to be free - now you pay) It's what I now use, in conjunction with Spamarrest
server based filtering. Spamarrest
is a paid solution used by many hosting companies and ISPs. If your ISP
is not using something like this, best ask them why not!
AOL
Wins $7 Million from Spammers
Spam laws around the world
Paid Anti-spam services
http://aliencamel.com/
http://www.mailblocks.com
Disclaimer. The owner of this site is not affiliated with EmTec,
Lyris or Mailwasher and derives no profit from the traffic sent to them
other than the satisfaction of knowing that propagators of spam are suffering.
I have as much sympathy for spammers as I have for cane toads. Both are
a curse on the environment and should be put down as humanely as possible.
Spam University
Spamarchive.org
Spamhaus.org These guys are
serious about dismembering spammers!
Combatting Spam
- Excellent article at linuxworld.com
Howard
Carmack, Buffalo spammer jailed | The Register
Spammer
jailed for eight years - silicon.com
Spammer
Jailed, Fines Issued In Landmark Case --Loudon Circuit
US
spammer jailed for 9 years
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