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Stopping Spam
by By Alan Schwartz Simson Garfinkel Review by Joe Mizer Member NOCCC - January 23, 2002 at 23:21:52:
Published by O'Reilly & Associates Inc. several years ago this book covers your options and provides you with some very practical advice. Span is more than just a mere annoyance, it is an unwanted invasion into your life which at the least wastes your time. We live in the real world so we already know there are those who will use deception and clever tricks to get their uninvited message in your already overfull mail box.The layout of the book and its short length make finding your way through the chapters easy. This order of the chapters is as follows.
Chapter 1. What's Span and What's the Problem?
Chapter 2. The History of Spam
Chapter 3. Spamming Today
Chapter 4. Internet Basics
Chapter 5. A User's Guide to e-mail Spam
Chapter 6. A User's Guide to Usenet Spam
Chapter 7. Stopping Spam for Sys. Administrators and ISPs
Chapter 8. Community Action
Spam is usually advertisements trying to sell you on their products or another virus of the day from someone trying to prove how clever or anti social they can be. Since none of these are interesting and fun things, unless you have a collection of creative viruses you probably want to avoid becoming their next victim. The worst is when you get five or more copies of the same unwanted message.
One method listed involves reporting the sender to the proper agency if there is evidence of a crime. Some of these could be pyramid schemes, child pornography, sale of restricted or stolen material etc.
I receive less spam e-mail at work since our system administrator started using filters and other techniques. I noticed a copy of this book in his office and imagine some of his efforts have come from this source.
Published by O'Reilly & Associates Inc ISBN # 1-56592-388-x it is listed at only 19.99 US dollars and is available at all of the major book stores as well as online at Barnes & Nobel, and Amazon.Com. I have found the book of great value and recommend it for all of the information it contains.
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