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  • Heuristic Filters
    • Until 2002, most spam filters were Heuristic, or rule-based. Heuristic simply means a common sense rule or set of rules used to solve a problem. Heu
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  • Secret Addresses For Safe Browsing
    • Secret addresses are, well, secret. The idea is not to simply remove your name from the
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  • Signature Based Filters
    • Signature-based filters compare incoming email with email known to contain spam. The various companies that offer this service collect spam using fak
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  • What Is Spam
    • Spam is a common term used to define Unsolicited Commercial Email, or UCE. It is email that is sent en masse to large numbers of email addresses with
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  • Recognizing Spam Scams
    • Most of us have heard of Pyramid schemes, also known as Ponzi schemes after the Italian immigrant in the 1920s who was convicted of such a ruse. This
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  • Protect Your Email Address
    • Do not give your email address out willingly over the internet. Your email address is often required when purchasing goods. If you are willing to gi
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  • What To Do When Spam Arrives
    • To begin with, do not respond to the spam - ever. There are usually two ways that spam recipients make this mistake. First is the opt-out clause tha
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  • Mail Server Blacklists
    • A mail server is designated as having an open relay when mail is processed in a location that is not local to either the sender or receiver. The mail
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  • Understanding Spam Law
    • In December of 2003, the United States Congress passed a law that made criminal any act that uses fraudulent or deceptive email practices. This is in
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  • Identifying Spam
    • Identifying Spam as soon as it occurs is the first step to preventing it from happening again. Once your email address is in circulation with these c
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