Ratcheting up SpamAssassin to block even more spam

Telework programs as good as cold hard cash, survey says NetworkWorld.com, MA - 1 hour ago Survey shows employees equate the opportunity to work from home to more money in their pocket. By Denise Dubie , Network World , 10/29/2008 Companies … ... more

Nick Farrell the Inquirer , Thursday 30 October 2008. 09:09:00 Immodium should sort that out THE LATEST earth-shattering issue to plague the online community is people nicking famous names on Twitter and trying to flog them back to their rightful owners. Network World things that Twitter is going to become so famous and important that the situation is going to get as bad as domain... ... more

) November 5, 2008 -- November 5, 2008 -- New Relic , provider of RPMâ„¢, the leading production performance monitoring tool for Rails applications, was named one of the 10 IT Management Start-Ups to Watch for 2008 by Network World. New Relic's RPM was cited as a key tool for IT professionals who want to "do more work with fewer resources and streamline operational processes." Network World is the premier provider of information, intelligence and insight for network and IT executives. ... more

Forwarded mails and viruses I’ve been warning about forwarded mails. Hoaxes, chainmails etc. I’ve said they’ll eventually end up with spammers. And I forgot one thing: It’s probably too much work to manually collect all those e-mail addresses. Enter viruses. We know they check address books. I don’t positively know there are viruses scanning through the bodies of e-mail on a victim’s […] [via: Spam Huntress ] ... more

Banks block gambling sites We’ve been discussing what must be done to curtail webspam. The big industries are porn, pills and poker. And there’s something that can be done to make gambling spam less attractive. Simply put: Block payment to gambling sites from banks and credit card companies. There’s a new law underway in the US to ban credit card payment […] [via: Spam Huntress ] ... more

Rejecting e-mail before it?s accepted by your mailserver I wasn’t going to write more about mailspam for a while now, but then I saw that someone on another blog was very curious about something I mentioned: I reject the majority of spam before it’s accepted by my mailserver. It’s a collection of filters that reject mail based on certain behaviors. Similar filters could probably be […] [via: Spam Huntress ] ... more

Why Phishers Don’t Fear SSL Toolbars In the rosy scenario provided by SSL Certificate Authorities, users would be instantly warned off when a web site contained no certification that verified its authenticity. Thus, the anti-phishing toolbar would protect the unwary from the moral turpitudes of predators. In practice, however, researchers have found that anti-phishing toolbars for web browsers that depend on verification of SSL certificates are the least likely of all to stop phishi... more