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Dealing with Spam

Overview What do spammers wish to promote when they blanket-mail their messages to masses of unsuspecting email users? Different studies show that roughly half of all spam mail is related to money, advertising get rich quick schemes, debt reduction plans and gambling opportunities. One third of spam mail is porn-based - and this figure is set to increase. About 10% is health-related, and the remainder covers a wide variety of topics.

Everyone is familiar with methods to block unwanted communications: we use voice mail, answering machines and caller ID to filter phone calls; companies hire staff to screen incoming calls, faxes, and visitors. Spam must be tackled in the same way.

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Publisher	GFI Software	File Format	HTML
Date Published	January 2002	Downloads	8
Format	White Papers
Topics	Privacy Issues

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