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Slamming Spam with SpamAssassin

The scoring keywords define what is to be considered spam and the scores assigned by rules (see Figure 3.7). The required_score defines what SpamAssassin considers to be spam. This value can be adjust... read more

A Tale of Two Spam Solutions

Call it "a tale of two spam solutions." On the one hand, we have news this week of the US Department of Justice going after spammers in a series of arrests and indictments that are partially the resul... read more

MIT Conference Takes Aim at Spam

CAMBRIDGE, Mass (AP) -- It's going to take the best and the brightest to slam the spammers ... it can be downloaded for free and is compatible with SpamAssassin or other spam-flagging software. "This ... read more

How to Slam Spam

While PayPals IT department has tested a dozen spam solutions, including SpamAssassin, user fears of false positives have persisted. The company uses mail servers from Sendmail and IronPort Systems Ir... read more

Secure Reads: Spam kings

This is a techie tome written for the email and system administrator bogged down by spam. The authors get down in the weeds, and walk you through popular open-source tools like SpamAssassin and other ... read more

How To Choose an Anti-Spam Service Provider

This article focuses on the distinct anti-spam service, such as Postini, Cloudmark, Trend Micro, or MXlogic. Benefits of using an anti-spam service as opposed to the other available solutions is prima... read more

SpoofedMe Attack Steals Accounts by Exploiting Social Login Mechanisms

We’ve all seen the social logon pop up boxes. You try to log into some website only to be presented with that pop up box that says, “Log in with Facebook/Twitter/Google”. It’s a nice idea in theory. Y... read more

Slamming Spam with SpamAssassin

This chapter will help you get started with SpamAssassin, an interface that recognizes spam, and kills it dead. This chapter is from the book In this chapter, we introduce SpamAssassin, which is a wid... read more