Choosing Anti-Spam Software That Is Right For You

August 9, 2008 at 5:56 am · Filed under Spam Articles ·Tagged , , ,

It is believed that on an average, an email user receives more than 2000 Spam emails every year! By certain accounts, an email user receives more than 77 percent of the mail as spam – which is around 10 out of every 13 emails you receive! More than two-thirds of the email passing through the air waves are pure junk – unwanted and unsolicited. It, therefore, becomes imperative that you chose the right anti-spam software that meets with your requirements.

Spam happens to be one of the biggest disadvantages of using communication channels through the Internet. There is every need to find ways to separate the wanted emails from the unwanted and unsolicited ones. Choosing the correct anti-spam software or Spam filter is the right way to cut down on the spam you receive.

Handling Spam

The amount of spam you can detect and delete depends on the type of screening your emails go through. Many anti-spam software have a multi-level of email screening, which is worth the money you spend. You can even select a trail version or free anti Spam software to sample what it does and then you can opt for a full version with enhanced features and full functionality.

One of the best places to trap and eliminate spam is at the servers that receive, forward, and send the emails. You, of course, have no control over the type of anti-spam handling done by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). To handle spam, there are particular services available to filter them. For a nominal amount each month, a particular service inspects and cleans your inbox. Another service involves forwarding your complete inbox to their servers, where the clean up occurs as emails arrive.

As personal spam blockers, a number of anti-spam software are available from reputed anti-spam suppliers, such as Symantec, McAfee, eScan, PC Mantra etc to name a few. Such software capture and inspect all emails coming in before allowing the clean ones into your inbox.

The type of anti-spam software you select will depend on the volume of emails you handle. It will also depend on the budget you allot to the anti-spam program. The best anti-spam software for you should have the following features, among many others:

It should allow you to see who the sender of the email is, the subject, and the attachment. You can then decide whether to delete the email or accept it.

A chance to preview the message before downloading it. This will enable you to delete if you do not like the message.

The feature that allows you to bounce back the spam email is a great way to let the sender think that your email address is no longer valid. This would probably make them remove you from their mailing list!

There are a number of anti-spam software available with a number of online suppliers that you need to explore, to select the best that is suitable for your needs.

Author : Arvind Singh is admin and technical expert associated with development of computer security and performance enhancing software like Registry Cleaner, Window Cleaner, Anti Spam Filter etc. More information can be found at http://www.pcmantra.com. Related Information: http://www.pcmantra.com/SpamFilter.aspx?id=6

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7 Must Know Ways To Prevent Spam

August 9, 2008 at 5:54 am · Filed under Spam Articles ·Tagged , , ,

Spam is the bane of everyone’s existence. Unsolicited mail flooding mail boxes has caused many problems world wide. The widely accepted definition of spam is “Electronic communication that contains material of a commercial, solicitational, or illegal nature, directed as part of bulk distribution to any address.”

The first step towards fighting spam is to learn how spam works. A useful source is CAUCE or the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email and the SpamCon Foundation. Log on to the World Wide Web and read about ant-spam laws, government stand against spam, and coalitions that are working towards prevention of spamming. Be sure to take part in anti-spam community efforts by joining forums and groups.

Spam can be prevented from entering your mail box by:

1. Determining the IP address of the sender and blocking it.

2. Use blacklist services like SBL (http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl) or the RBL (http://www.mailabuse.org/rbl) that maintain lists of IP addresses that are know originators of spammers. Blacklist services are efficient in blocking spam as they use the latest methods in preventing spam.

3. Use the spam guard services offered by email services like gmail and yahoo.

4. White list services where only mail from known addresses are approved by the recipient.

5. Use heuristic engines that look for keyword patterns that match know spam rules and block messages that contain known patterns. Well known heuristic engines include SpamAssassin that has a high detection rate.

6. Networked vigilance an open source initiative that involves continued maintenance of a data base and then the mail server asks a centralized VR node, Vipul’s razor for spam listings.

7. Using Bayesian filtering engines like SpamBayes , http://www.spambayes.org/. This has its uses as well as downside.

Spam can also be blocked by configuring anti-virus software to scan emails for viruses. Desist from leaving your email address over the internet and signing up for freebies and news letters. Use a separate email account for this purpose. Stay abreast of anti-spam efforts and adopt the latest possible anti-virus software and firewall systems. Never open mails from people unknown to you and immediately report spam mails to the mail host/provider. Try standalone spam filtering software like Qurb eTrust Anti-Spam, iHate Spam, Spam Bully.

Experts at PC World reported that almost 75 percent of email is spam mail and that in their study they found that SpamCatcher was one of the most affordable and simplest of anti-spam tools. Another notable product was InBoxer which works only with Out Look.

Fighting spam is a world wide war and efforts are being made by software manufacturers, search engines, lay persons, as well as others.

Author : Timothy Rudon is a writer for http://www.1855antispam.com , the premier website to find antispam, anti antispam spam, antispam software, antispam new york, solution virusand, antispam exchange, antispam microsoft, antispam free software many more.

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From Malik And Sister spam

August 4, 2008 at 5:51 am · Filed under Africa Spam ·Tagged , ,

Received from email : Thursday, July 17, 2008
From Malik And Sister.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
West Africa.
Dear Respectful.
Warm greetings to you and your family in the name of God. I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust and hope you will understand to assist us not to betray us at the end. I was 20 Years old boy when my father died in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of Serria Leone .He was into legal gold minning,he has succeded in saving the sum of Ten million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars.USD($10.500,000)deposited in a Bank in Abidjan for security reason during his Business on Gold, before he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D’Ivoire West Africa near by country to our country to save his money for security reasons because of the political problem in our cou ntry.
Since the death of our father our step mother has been trying to kill us, she has been given us a lot of problem and she have collected every thing from us and now she still need the deposit certificate to claim this fund but I can’t give this to her because is all we have to leave with. I am 22 years while my sister Fatim is 20 years old of age we still need to go to school and have a better education and start a new life. Our step mother knows that our dad has such money but she don’t know where exactly the fund is been deposited.
Right now we are hiding in a refugee camp in Ivory Coast. Our father used my name ‘Malik Ahmed’as the next of kin to the deposited fund. And we ran away with the deposit document,so nobody have access to the money now except me and my younger sister Fatim. We need help from you to asist us to transfer this money to your country for investment and who will be sincere to invite us to his c ountry without cheating us or doing bad to us on my arrival with my sister,we are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum after the transfer of the fund to your cuntry as compensation for your effort/input.
Please mail me urgently to know your stands before looking for help elsewhere, you’re the first person we are contacting in this isseu. Please permit me to ask, can you honestly help us as your own people and can we completely trust you? We are kindly requesting for this vital information from you if you agreed to assist us out of our problem:
(1) Your full name (2) Your Personal telephone number and fax(3)bank informations so that i will forward it to our late fathers bank to comence the transfer,I will also want you to tell us more about yourself in your reply to our letter to you. Thank you for your signify interest to assist me and my sister. Hoping to hear from you soon. May God bless you and preserve our f riendship in good faith.
call me on +22507184489 mmff012006@gmail.com
Best regards
Malik And Sister
(Fatim)

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i am Rallier spam

August 4, 2008 at 5:28 am · Filed under Africa Spam ·Tagged , ,

Received from  :  Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:31 PM
i am Rallier
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you, I am Ms Rallier Arkidy 19yrs the only child of Late Mr. & Mrs. Uzoh Arkidy.. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .
My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on Feb. 2007 in a private hospital here he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of four million two hundred thausand dollar.($4.2Million) USD left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only Daugher for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business ssociates.
(1) To provide a bank account which this money  will be transferred into .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 19years.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.
Moreover, Dear, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account
i am waiting to hear  from you,
Rallier

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Your check is waiting spam

August 4, 2008 at 5:25 am · Filed under Other spams ·Tagged , ,

Received from email  :
Hello,

We have checks ready to send you for offering us your honest opinion on various online surveys that only take a few minutes to complete. So
if you’re interested in earning a nice extra income each month for just giving your opinion on various surveys then press here to begin:

ST and its partners bring you fresh opportunities to express your opinions, participate in online focus groups, try out new products, be heard
AND be paid to boot! How would you like to sit in the comfort of your own home, fill out surveys online, and participate in online focus groups
and get a nice big paycheck at the end of the month?

You can participate whenever you’d like, morning, noon, night .. midnight if you’d like .. it doesn’t matter. Simply log in and select surveys to fill
out, get paid for your time. Work for 30 minutes or three hours, it doesn’t matter ..you set your own hours!

Press here to start:

We can only accept a few more people, but we will accept you if you’re interested…and we hope you are!

Thank you,

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PSC Representative since 1998

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To not receive future offers/promotions from “Survey Club Online” please press here and scroll to the bottom of the page:

Or send us a letter at:

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CONGRATULATION WINNER [eufa1@sify.com]

August 1, 2008 at 10:00 am · Filed under You Won Spam ·Tagged , , 

CONGRATULATION,YOUR EMAIL WON!!!
CONGRATULATION WINNER !!
Dear
Winner,
 The Local Organising Committee of the European
Champions
League is glad
  to announce to the world the giving away of the
sum
of TWO MILLION POUNDS to 100 lucky email addresses all
over the
world. This
 promotion is  in Appreciation of our
International
Support for the past
 Soccer Events  and the
correspondent earnings at the
stock market
 which was far beyond  our
projected quarterly
earnings.

Be informed that all winners in this
program have been
selected
  randomly through a computer ballot system
drawn from
over 1,500,000 companies
  and individual e-mail addresses
database. Your email
address happened
 to be one of the lucky winner
of  GBP2,000,000.00
(TWO MILLION GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) among the
Hundred email
addresses chosen. In
 order to claim your prize, you
will have to fill the
form below and forward
 it to your claim
agent:

NAME:HADDI RODHAM
E-MAIL:haddi_rodham1@yahoo.co.uk

then
you will be informed by your agent on how your
winning
 price,either
by cash, Cashier's Check or certified
bank draft for the sum which

has already been deposited with your email contact
will get to you.
We
use this opportunity to thank all our
Sponsors/Contributors of this

program:Heineken,Sony,master card,Vodafone,play
station,Ford

For
payment, please do provide with the following
information's And send

to your  payment Agent via
email.
NAME:...........................................................
..
AGE:............................................................
SE
X:.............................................................
ADDRESS
:
........................................................
EMAIL:.....
.......................................................
PRIVATE
TEL.:.
............................................................
OCCUPATION
:.......................................................
COUNTRY:......
....................................................
STATUE............
....................................................
RELIGION..........
......................................................SCAN COPY OF
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR NATIONAL ID CARD OR DRIVERS
LICENSE.................................................................
......

Please you are advised to complete the form and
forward to
your agent
  for prompt collection. You are automatically
disqualified
if you are
 below 16 years of age.This E-mail message
(including
attachments, if
 any)is  intended for the use of the
individual or
entity to which it is
 addressed and may contain
Information that is
 privileged,proprietary,confidential and
exempted
from disclosure.
SIGN:
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
LOTTO
COORDINATOR
Dr Peter smith

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CHRISTAIN GROUPS & ASSOCIATE

August 1, 2008 at 9:55 am · Filed under Africa Spam ·Tagged , ,

CHRISTAIN GROUPS & ASSOCIATE
130 BANK ANTHONY WAY IKEJA GRA LAGOS
Dear Partner,
Good day, firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the urgency and importance of the information. This project is based on Trust,confidentiality and sincerity of purpose in  order to have an acceptable meeting of the minds. I am a fifty two(52)years old established lawyer. My name is Christain Bell,a legal personal attorney to an expatriate and a consultant with an American Oil company,PENNZOIL (Now deceased) He died in the Tsunami disaster on 26th december 2004 while on vacation in Thailand.
Six years ago, My Client successfully executed a contract for the Federal Government of Nigerian {FGN} worth US$18.3 million dollars. A part payment of USD9.million dollars was paid to my client, while the balance of USD9.3 million Dollars was still unpaid before my client died in the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster. However, all my efforts to locate the possible next of kin proved abortive. Untill his sudden demise, He was not married and was 44years old.
NOW THE CRUX OF THIS E-LETTER is that the new elected Government Of Nigerian is fully paying all foreign contractors who have successfully executed their contracts and my client is among those benefited in this first quarter payment schedule which has already been deposited in his bank. As his personal attorney/Adviser, his bank has officially notified and instructed me to forward particulars of my client’s next of kin within the next 14 official working days so that he/she can be paid the outstanding USD9.3 Million dollars otherwise his payment will be diverted to the government coffers account as uncliamed bill.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives, I decided to contact you for a deal so that we can work together as a team to remit the money to your account as my client next of kin since I do not want to seat and watch my client hard earned entittlement to go astray,it will be easy for us to achieve because you are of the same name and country like him. Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone apprehensive but I would like to assure you that I am proposing this project to you with the best of intensions. As a lawyer, I have the power to secure all the necessary legal documents that will be used for this claim. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a Legitimate banking arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Upon successful conclusion of this project,you will be compensated with 40% of the total fund,whi le 60% will be for me.
If you are interested to work with me in this deal then kindly reply strictly with your personal Telephone /fax number for effective communication and oral clarification on how to proceed next.
Sincerely yours,
Mr.Christain Bell
{Legal Adviser}

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From:Miss Lian Smith – smith.lian4@aliceadsl.fr

July 31, 2008 at 10:57 am · Filed under Africa Spam ·Tagged , ,

From:Miss Lian Smith
Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire
TEL 22507408348

Dearest One,

After much consideration and in good faith, I feel that I can confide in you. I am Miss Lian Smith the daughter of the late assassinated senator in Zimbabwe Mr Smith Marume but presently i am in Abidjan ,capital city of Ivory Coast in West Africa , for the past two months now.My mother Mrs Tabitha Marume, was shot and killed by soldiers at Chiwetu Rest Camp, Percy Muchiwa, for more verification,

here is the web site www.allafrica.com/stories/200805010665.html

i want you to assist me withdraw and transfer my dad money the sum of (US$4.5M )which he deposited in one of the prime bank basd here in Cote d’Ivoire into your account in your country and also take me and my only brother out of here that had made us orpharn. Why I contacted you was that I went to the bank to withdraw this money since my late father use my name as the next of kin to the deposit but i was told by the bank that my late father made an agreement with them that i have to get to the age of 25yrs before i can make claim of the money or alternatively i should provide a guardian who can make the claim on my behalf and that was why i contacted you.

I humbly need your assistance in the following ways:
1) To help get this money transferred to you.
2) To serve as the guardian
3) To make an arrangement for me and my kid brother to come over after this money is transferred.
4) To look for a good venture where the money will be invested.
I am ready to compensate you for your effort in assisting me.

Youre sincerely,
Miss Lian Smith.

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