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    Mail servers running on the new version of Exchange will encrypt Internet traffic between each other using what Microsoft says will be an open standard.

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  • Yahoo and Cisco put anti-spam standard forward

    An anti-spam technology that focuses on identifying forged e-mail addresses has been proposed as a standard by Cisco, Yahoo and partners.

  • German hate-spam spread by Sober virus

    Another variant of the Sober virus, which spreads hate messages in German and English, appeared over the weekend. Security firms are warning that they have received hundreds of thousands of e-mails generated by Sober.Q in its first 24 hours.

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    A problem that caused Telstra BigPond mail servers to randomly bounce incoming messages has been fixed, the company claimed today.

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    New year, same problems

    As we embark on a new year, the industry hype-machine is slowly warming up to sell us new technologies that will make our jobs easier in 2007. Rest assured though that some problems will remain, like spam.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Spam Act prosecution will echo

    The first prosecution under the Spam Act last week may seem like nothing more than a single renegade marketeer being shut down. But it isn't...

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    DDoS makes a phishing e-mail look real

    Just as Internet users learn that clicking on a link in an e-mail purporting to come from their bank is a bad idea, phishers seem to be developing a new tactic -- launch a DDoS attack on the Web site of the company whose customers they are targeting and then send e-mails "explaining" the outage and offering an "alternative" URL.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    The politics of group e-mails

    Have you ever received an e-mail or text message along the lines of "Heya, long time no hear. I have a birthday coming up, could u remind me of ur address? Cheers, hope ur well"?

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Web 2.0 makes phishing spam obsolete

    In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.

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    Mail servers running on the new version of Exchange will encrypt Internet traffic between each other using what Microsoft says will be an open standard.

  • E-mail titans join forces against spam

    The top three e-mail service providers are pooling their resources and technical expertise to reduce unwanted commercial solicitations, or spam, that is inundating their systems.

  • The impact of Australia's anti-spam legislation

    Spam costs businesses an average of A$900 per employee per year in lost productivity. Will Australia's new anti-spam laws reverse this trend?

  • Battle plan for spam

    Spam is an elusive enemy for IT managers, who face a number of options to fight unwanted e-mail in the enterprise. Here are suggestions from members on how to control spam.

  • German hate-spam spread by Sober virus

    Another variant of the Sober virus, which spreads hate messages in German and English, appeared over the weekend. Security firms are warning that they have received hundreds of thousands of e-mails generated by Sober.Q in its first 24 hours.

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    From server-level software, to appliances, to managed services, we review the latest anti-spam solutions to help enterprises manage the onslaught of unsightly spam.

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    If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

  • MailFrontier Desktop

    Of the antispam apps we've seen, MailFrontier Desktop is the best at doing exactly what it's supposed to do: block spam.

  • Cloudmark Desktop

    Cloudmark Desktop's highly accurate spam blocking is overshadowed by its shallow feature set and poor support.

  • Network Associates gobbles anti-spammer

    The security software specialist buys anti-spam company Deersoft, the first in a series of planned acquisitions by the company to help people thwart unsolicited e-mail.

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