| CA Anti-Spam 2007
CA Anti-Spam 2007 is an easy-to-use, seamlessly integrated spam filter for Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express that makes sure you get messages from contacts you know, while quarantining other messages for later review. Installation is straightforward and requires restarting your email client. To help you get started, when you start Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express for the first time after installation, the setup wizard initiates a scan to populate a list of your contacts. Then CA Anti-Spam scans for and creates a list of approved contacts. In addition, the setup wizard will ask you which features do you want to enable: CA Anti-Spam and Anti-Fraud and CA Anti-Spam Email Search. CA Anti-Spam and Anti-Fraud: this feature protects your computer against spam, phishing scams, and fraud.
Web-based mail is often the best for fighting spam
Q: I'd like to know if there's something I can do to limit the amount of junk e-mail I get in Outlook Express. Each day, I receive dozens of messages offering everything from cheap mortgages to Viagra. [Podcast: James Kim on Sub-$50 MP3 players and the next gen Slingboxes. Also, David Einstein on standalone DSL service. ] A: You probably can't completely eradicate junk mail (also known as spam), but you can do a reasonable job of keeping it in check. If you use Outlook Express, you can create a "blocked senders list" by going to Message Rules in the Tools menu. You also can get anti-spam software. Popular programs include SpamBully ($29.95 from spambully.com), iHateSpam ($19.95 from sunbelt-software.com) and Cloudmark Desktop ($39.95 from cloudmark.com). SpamBully may have the edge because it doesn't charge for annual subscriptions to updated filter lists.
SpamSieve 2.5 improves parser
Developer Michael Tsai today released SpamSieve 2.5, an update to the Universal application that brings Bayesian spam filtering to Mac email clients. SpamSieve allows users to control the software from within an email client to customize how the program interacts with message sorting rules. Compatible email clients include Apple Mail, Emailer, Entourage, Eudora, GyazMail, Mailsmith, Outlook Express, and PowerMail. The latest revision includes changes to the parser and classifiers for improved accuracy, and enhances the in-memory corpus representation efficiency. The Software Update feature is rewritten to show release notes when a newer version is available, and SpamSieve 2.5 improves accuracy on messages containing misspelled words. The update is free for registered users, and requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later.
Spam a lot: Spiced ham purveyor fails in trademark bid
Hormel Foods, which owns the trademark for spiced ham food product SPAM, has failed in its attempt to register "spam" as an EU-wide trademark when used to designate unsolicited emails. Hormel attempted to register "spam" as a trademark when used to refer to "services to avoid or suppress unsolicited emails", and the "creation and maintenance of computer software; technical consultancy, particularly in combination with network services; and providing of expertise, engineering services and technical consulting services [related to junk email]". Hormel argued in an appeal to the Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market (Ohim), the EU trademark body, the general public would not immediately recognise the use of the word "spam" as pertaining to junk email but would instead associate it with "a kind of spicy ham" food product.
Will Spamhaus Get Shut Down Over Dispute?
Last month, we wrote about a judge awarding an $11 million judgment against anti-spam organization Spamhaus, after an accused spammer (in Spamhaus's database) sued the organization. Spamhaus lost, in part, because they refused to appear (though, the details now suggest they originally did appear, and then stopped). Spamhaus is run by Steve Linford, who is based in the UK. The suit was filed in Illinois -- so Spamhaus had a reasonable claim that the Illinois court has no jurisdiction over a UK-based organization, and little worry that they would need to actually pay (if they had $11 million, which it seems likely they don't as a volunteer group). However, they probably didn't expect the latest turn of events.
The court is now thinking about asking ICANN to suspend spamhaus.org, which would cause all sorts of problems for the many, many, many ISPs, companies and individuals out there who rely on Spamhaus' list of spammers.
iTeam, Inc. and Chili Systems Form Sales and Marketing Partnership
Littleton, MA (PRWEB) November 1, 2006 -- iTeam, Inc., a nationwide provider of information technology solutions and services to small businesses, today announced that it has formed a sales and marketing partnership with Chili Systems, Inc. a leading innovator of network server appliances for small business and home data networks.
Now for the first time, people in businesses can easily get direct live person information over the Internet or by telephone to help them determine if the ChiliBox network server appliance is the right solution for their needs.
"We're very excited that prospective and existing Chili Systems customers now have direct live access to expert, personal advice," said Pedro Mata, President and CEO of Chili Systems. "This will make it much easier for people to learn how the ChiliBox can economically meet their immediate network computing needs and build for the long term."
"We believe in building relationships through direct interactions," said Bill Kazman, CEO and Founder of iTeam.
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