If you use Yahoo Mail you should soon be seeing a significant reduction in the number of e-mail scams purporting to be from eBay and PayPal.
The software tool used by Google's Gmail to stop spammers has been cracked, leading to a big increase in spam sent from Gmail accounts last month, according to security firm MessageLabs.
A new code requiring Internet and e-mail service providers to undertake a range of spam-fighting measures will come into force in July.
An anti-spam technology that focuses on identifying forged e-mail addresses has been proposed as a standard by Cisco, Yahoo and partners.
In an attempt to block spammers, Yahoo has put into action a controversial technique to help its e-mail service distinguish between human beings and junk-mail-sending software robots.
Spam filters go a long way toward eliminating spam, but they can't get the whole job done. MailWasher can help stop the spam that traditional spam filters miss.
For almost two years, I've argued for a non-proprietary, interoperable, freely deployable anti-spam standard, even as every spam-fighting solution I've seen has failed to pass muster. Until now.
While setting up a mail server is a complex task, it doesn't have to be expensive. Here are the steps you need to take to get a Linux-based mail server configured using Postfix as the Mail Transfer Agent.
Persistent performance issues with Norton AntiSpam 2005 have soured our opinion and lead us to recommend MailFrontier Desktop instead.
Norton AntiSpam 2004 earns an Editors' Choice for its simplicity, efficiency, and ability to work inside Outlook Express.
If you are drowning in spam, help is available from software and e-mail services that block unwanted mail. Some work better than others. Here's a look at seven antispam apps and services.
Drag-and-drop message organisation and a built-in MP3 player are among the notable new features to this radical overhaul of Hotmail.
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