SpamAnti.net in January 2005

News of the world

Happy new year

Et don't let the first SPAMs fool you: It already has been observed that people are using SPAM to try and get your money under the pretense of helping victims from South Asia. Just go directly to the intitutions you already know.

"Nigerians hunting season" is open

Nigerian scams (or 419 scams) apparently flooded the Internet. A web site (419eater.com) simply tells you about how to have fun with these crooks and scammers (and sometimes even get some money from their pockets). Funny, funny, funnny. But if you want to join the game, always remember those people are potentially dangerous thieves and never ever give up any personal information.

But, at least, you can have fun reading the archives at the web site.

News of SpamAnti.net

Thunderbird

I think that many heard about this email software that goes along with the Firefox web browser. I took a moment to test it. Thunderbird is really easy to install (if you already have Outlook Express, the installation process will automagically transfer your configuration). It operates well and easily. It not subject to as many viral attacks as Microsoft products.

Furthermore, it contain a Bayesian filter that should be pretty good at recognizing and filtrering SPAM (after some learning).

I could not quantify its efficiency, but those who tried it tell that it works even if separate server-side products like K9 or PopFile may be better.

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