News About Spam Protection

The News Review:

- Your nline Email Marketing Campaign Is Not Spam
- Jim Robertson managing editor
- Pay per e-mail system would sound the death knell for spam
- Wedge Networks Reports Demand for Enterprise Web Security on the Rise
- Virus and spam protection for small networks
- Labour’s a bit late with the Swiss roll
- U Florida Foundation Takes Appliance Approach to E-Mail Security

Your nline Email Marketing Campaign Is Not Spam
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Watch your language. We’ve all seen those “do nothing and earn a million dollars” emails. If you ever want to trigger an anti spam filter this is the way to do it. Stay away from using lingo that makes outrageous claims. Any over the top descriptions concerning a specific product or service will likely be considered brazen promotion. if it manages to survive the anti spam filter email recipients will probably wind up deleting it anyway. No matter how good or excited you are about your product your email marketing campaign must sound believable.

Jim Robertson managing editor
Columbia Daily Tribune M -
Deming questions and really to see if we think he is the proper person for the board to vote on to be our next superintendent. ? ?I?d like to urge people to contact their congressmen and senators regarding the waste in government. Well one of the things that I see is the protection for past presidents. President Bush who is a war-time president only receives 10 years of Secret Service protection after he leaves office. The same with President bama. However former President Clinton and his wife will receive a lifetime of Secret Service protection as well as Jimmy Carter. When these former presidents go off on their wild goose chases around the world the taxpayers are paying for the protection for the rest of their lives.
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Pay per e-mail system would sound the death knell for spam
Daily News & Analysis India -
According to MSNBC Internet provider Earthlink which has approximately 5 million subscribers boasts its “SpamBlocker” can eliminate spam “virtually 100%. ” The system uses the “challenge-response” technique that requests proof of identity from unknown senders. Spam-protection strategies range from small to legal to geo-political. Unfortunately neither method is universal. If a spam filter tries to block the word ‘cialis’ it also removes all legitimate e-mails containing the word ‘specialist’. In the US there are several existing and proposed legislations that are intended to fight spam among them requiring marketers to allow people to easily remove their e-mail addresses from bulk lists and banning non-existing return e-mail addresses. There’s also a movement to set up a “no-spam” registry similar to the Federal Trade Commission’s do-not-call list for telemarketers.

Wedge Networks Reports Demand for Enterprise Web Security on the Rise
MSNBC -
“After evaluating other solution providers Wedge Networks’ BeSecure Web Gateway proved to be the only network-based web security appliance that ensured Monarch’s drivers employees and customers the fastest and safest network” said MacDonald. “Since deployment we have experienced reduced maintenance time for all our computers servers and mobile devices. Furthermore BeSecure’s high performance engine and superior accuracy of malicious content inspection ensures data security and protection from web-based threats.

Virus and spam protection for small networks
Heise nline Germany -
The content filter examines data by file type the URL (white and black lists) and e-mails by the subject. They also block ActiveX JavaScript and Flash content on web pages. The anti-malware software examines network data during transmission which according to the data sheetPDF also works with HTTPS. It blocks spyware known spyware Web sites and prevents phishing attacks.

Labour’s a bit late with the Swiss roll
guardian.co.uk UK -
It was the Tories who first suggested charging foreign-born “non-doms” for the tax privileges they enjoy an idea swiftly taken up by Darling; and it was only a prolonged campaign by unions taken up by MPs on the Treasury select committee that unearthed the favourable tax treatment enjoyed by private equity barons. Any talk of pan-European financial regulations smacked too much of the tentacles of Brussels reaching into the City to find favour in Downing Street. And we have under our protection several sunny refuges for businesses – often with a few alternative sources of income – not keen on revealing too much about their dealings. How did “Sir” Allen Stanford now facing a massive fraud investigation get his gong? Because the island of Antigua where part of his banking empire is based is part of the British Commonwealth. We still station a rather Victorian-sounding governor-general there. Rather than face the tough political battle of cleaning up faraway places that were once part of the empire Brown has repeatedly chosen to leave well alone. And Britain’s conversion to the cause has come when the battle is already being fought and won elsewhere.

U Florida Foundation Takes Appliance Approach to E-Mail Security
Campus Technology CA -
The U Florida Foundation is using the appliance for for virus and spam protection and for regulatory compliance. The foundation’s deployment includes the Proofpoint Secure Messaging module and the Proofpoint Regulatory Compliance module as well as Proofpoint Virus Protection. ?In addition to addressing the increasing amount of spam that was entering our network we needed a solution that could automatically place restrictions on certain departments while also allowing legitimate personnel access to sensitive data? said Brian Marquis network systems lead for the University of Florida Foundation in a statement released Monday. ?With the Proofpoint appliance in place we can easily regulate the flow of our donors? private information and trust that we have comprehensive protection against both inbound and outbound security risks. Further information about the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway can be found.

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