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Related Reading
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 Stopping
Spam
This is a book about spam — unwanted e-mail messages
and inappropriate news articles — and what you can
do to prevent it, stop it, and even outlaw it. It's a book
for people who have seen their mailboxes fill up with useless
messages and unsolicited advertisements, and who are tired
of footing the bill for them in their Internet service charges.
Better, Faster E-mail: Getting the Most out of
E-mail
This effective guide to getting the most of this valuable
tool offers straightforward advice on all the essential
skills: sending quick messages, overcoming problems with
attachments, "netiquette," coping with a flood
of e-mails, keeping a hard copy, maintaining privacy, and
how to get information across fast.
Removing
the Spam: E-mail Processing and Filtering
The
Underground Guide to Computer Security: Slightly Askew Advice
on Protecting Your PC and What's on It
Business
E-Mail: How to Make It Professional and Effective
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Roasting E-mail
Spam
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Offering gadgets, love connections, and free money, spam
is increasingly congesting the electronic lines of communication
between individuals and businesses.
But what is spam? How do spammers get your address? And
how can you keep from being spammed?
The Nature of Spam Spam is defined as any type of
unsolicited e-mailing. Moreover, spammers, the faceless
raiders of e-mail accounts everywhere, usually deceive you
by adding fake headers to the messages they send you.
In the end, the accumulation of these useless messages can,
depending on your Internet service agreement, cost
YOU money.
A Nose for Addresses Using "scanners" designed
to search the Internet for e-mail addresses, spammers get
most
of their lists from discussion groups, personal Web
pages, and other places where your address is visible. They
later sell these lists to other merchants a.k.a. Internet
sewer rats.
What You Can Do: The Basics
• Keep two e-mail accounts: a personal address that
you give to only a few and a public address for everything
else, including newsgroups.
• Set
up filters on your e-mail editors to weed out these
annoying messages or purchase software
to aid in your battle.
• Finally, if you do receive spam, NEVER
respond to the remove lists that come with these messages.
By responding, you are only telling the spammer that the
account is active, and the spamming will probably just get
worse.
What You Can Do: Advanced Techniques
• If you are resolute in stopping spam, you
can actually complain to the Internet
service provider used by the spammers.
• First, however, you must pinpoint where the spam
originated by reading out the full
header. Services like Spamcop
can help you identify
the responsible party and lodge a complaint for you.
• You can also support
legislation seeking to make spam illegal.
Written by Jorge Aguilar
Want to voice your concern over
spam? E-mail
us!
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On the Web
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Coalition
Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail
Fight
Spam on the Internet
Federal
Trade Commission: 12 Scams Most Likely to Arrive Via Bulk
E-mail
The
Core Rules of Netiquette
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The Proper Netiquette
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You don't need the manners of a duchess when surfing the Net,
but it's important to remember a few rules while communicating
online:
•TRY NOT TO USE CAPITAL LETTERS when sending e-mails,
adding messages to a discussion group, or joining a chat room.
It comes across as SCREAMING!
•Be concise when sending messages. Nobody wants
to read lengthy sentences. When writing an e-mail, be sure
to use specific subject lines.
•Avoid offensive language. Try to stick to the
general topic of discussion. Insulting someone (called flaming)
in a chat room, for instance, might get you booted off that
room.
•Use emoticons
in your messages when appropriate. Remember it can be difficult
to recognize when you are being humorous or sarcastic.
•Remember the golden rule. Just e-behave toward
others as you would have them e-behave toward you! |
