Anti Spam Techniques That Work...

Your fight against spam might, at times, seem hopeless. It seems that anti-spam options are so limited, still, even though the quantity and danger level of spamming has increased signficantly in the last few years.

We've posted a powerful article outlining some real, effective anti-spam techniques you can use in this article titled "Understanding Anti-Spam Protection Techniques"

Some anti-spam techniques include being careful with how and where you expose your email address on the internet. Spammers use harvesting techniques that are incredibly powerful and effective in getting hold of your email address.

Another common misconception is that if they can find a single email address, thats the only one they can use to generate spam. Not true, in fact, all they need is to understand your domain - from there they can assume identity of popular email addresses such as "webmaster", "support", "feedback" or other common operating email addresses.

Use the anti-spam techniques outlined here to protect yourself from the avalanche of spam coming your way.

Jeff

Mobile Device Spam

Just when you thought spam was a big enough problem for your PC, we start to hear about some real stories of spam hitting mobile devices - cellphones, pda's and mobile hybrid devices.

It couldn't be happening at a worse time. Just when email enabled mobile devices are threatening to break into the mainstream, spammers are right on schedule, looking to take advantage of millions more connected devices from which they can target as spamming agents - often without the user even knowing.

In fact, a few progressive mobile email providers are already falling into spam problems, they are having to protect their own email servers both inbound and outbound - as outbound spam from devices on their network could really turn into an ugly mess, in some cases even shutting down or blocking portions of their email space leaving their users up a creek.

For the latest information on spam blocking tips, find out what you can do to block
more spam - we will be covering mobile spam in more detail in the coming months.

Jeff