By Hina Patel TCM 471
Introduction SPAM? Solicited Unsolicited How spammer gets the address Prevention from spam Conclusion
SPAM - Un solicited - 38% traffic is spam - $400 per box per year - 15 minutes
Solicited - Voluntary - Commercial message, newsletter
Unsolicited - Commonly known spam - message or posting ( have not requested)
How spammer gets address Preexisting software collector program (web page, business site, directory of public domain information) News groups Other firms
Prevention from spam - Don’t Publish on web - Be conservative who you give information - Do Not reply spam s - Use second address in newsgroups - Use spam filter - Never buy anything advertised in spam
Conclusion - Freedom of speech - Ignore spamed - Never respond Unsolicited - Delete junk same as trashing junk post