Halt! 5 Steps to Stop Spam Emails on your Website
August 18, 2008
No one likes spam email - customers, clients, and even business owners cannot always handle the amount of spam that comes from one email address placed in a public space on the web. So if you have a website, you will want to check out these five tips that will help to reduce the spam that gets into your inbox. 1. Limit the number of emails that you give out to your customers and post on websites.... Read more »
Stopping Nasty Spam from Taking over Your Inbox
August 14, 2008
There are so many different ways that people can get email addresses these days. All you need to do is find a site that offers email addresses and sign. But have you ever notice that even when you don’t share your new address, you can end up with a half a dozen spam emails in your box a few hours later? If you want to get rid of this nasty problem,... Read more »
Is Your Internet Provider Blocking Your Emails Port 25 - Here’s How To Fix It
July 11, 2008
Almost a week ago I found out that I couldn’t send emails using my desktop software such as (Outlook / Thunderbird). After speaking with my high speed internet provider I was told that they had recently started blocking port 25 — basically stopping me from sending emails. So after speaking with the tech support staff they told me to try port 587 which didn’t work. So I... Read more »
How Spam Filter False Positives Harm Your Business
June 26, 2008
Unless you live in a cave –and one without a computer at that– you’re very familiar with the huge time waster that sifting through mountains of email spam can be. And while spam is a huge annoyance for employees and end users everywhere, the real costs for businesses are in time and money and they’re increasing every... Read more »
How To Spot Common Spam Scams
June 20, 2008
We’ve all received spam trying to sell us things such as prescription medications, cheap mortgages and internet gambling. Most people just hit delete and move on, but there are some scams that are a little more serious. One of the most common is the Nigerian bank scam. Someone sends you an email pretending to have... Read more »
What You Can Do To Avoid Email Scams
June 17, 2008
Most of us get spam trying to sell us things, most commonly prescriptions, cheap mortgage rates, online gambling and other, more “adult” topics. Most of us just delete them or hit the “spam” button and move on. There are some other types of spam that are a little more serious, however. One of the most common ones has been around for many years... Read more »
CAN-SPAM Five Years Later: Time for a Fresh Look at the Law
June 16, 2008
It’s been almost 5 years since the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 went into effect, but don’t think the law has faded by the wayside. Although anti-spammers have referred to the law as the YOU CAN-SPAM Act and are quick to point out shortcomings, the law is the law - and it is being enforced. Anti-spam organizations as well as the FTC, Internet Service Providers and even popular sites like MySpace are becoming better... Read more »
Staying Safe from Phishing
June 14, 2008
Your brave anti-spam software works hard to defend your inbox from all those messages about enlarging… um…. various things. Even more important, your spam buster also helps protect you from less-embarrassing –but more dangerous– phishing scam emails. But not entirely safe. Just in case a big... Read more »
Spam vs Permission Based Email Marketing
April 1, 2008
I was talking to a client recently about why he should add a newsletter opt-in form on his website so that he can capture email addresses. He said “but Sam I don’t like spam”. In hindsight I probably should have worded that a little bit differently when I said capturing an email address. What I should have said is to offer something of value to the visitor for their email address - Permission Based Marketing. But even before this conversation I was beginning to see... Read more »
How Can We Put An End To Spam?
March 1, 2008
I receive approximately 5,000 emails containing spam each and every day. Well, maybe not that many, but it sure seems like it. Spam is spiraling out of control and shows no signs of stopping. The question is, where does spam come from, and can you do anything about it? Most of the spam... Read more »
