Spam Evaluation Experiment #1
Written on 23 Mar, 2009 at 2:02 in Our Experiments | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Aim: To check the nature and amount of spam received when email addresses are left on the public world wide web. Ingredients: Email addresses set up with popular ISPs (Google and Hotmail), and access to a public web page. Method:... (Continue reading)
Email Experiments – Setting up forwarding
Written on 23 Mar, 2009 at 1:59 in Our Experiments | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
For the benefit of experimenters, we have listed down the steps they need to follow to setup forwarding on their Google Mail and Hotmail accounts. Steps to setup forwarding on Google mail: G1. Login to your newly created Google mail... (Continue reading)
‘Social’ spam
Written on 19 Mar, 2009 at 19:18 in Featured Stories, Social Networks, Spam | viewed times and users have made 1 comment so far
I don’t know about you, but as for me I am totally fed up of receiving emails from anyone and everyone with subject lines like “Where are you now?”, “Invitation to connect”, or “XYZ invites you to join … “.... (Continue reading)
eBusiness Best Practice #1
Written on 18 Mar, 2009 at 16:55 in eBusiness Best Practices | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Online Money Transactions are never safe. However, some businesses like ‘B2C pure play traders’ rely solely on online transactions to receive payments against goods delivered. With a plethora of options available in today’s market place, it has become tricky for traders to... (Continue reading)
GeoTagging: A new devil on the block
Written on 18 Mar, 2009 at 12:59 in Featured Stories, GeoTagging | viewed times and users have made 1 comment so far
Reaching a destination is easy with a map, that is until you’re rushing, and find yourself without either: (1) A large map with sufficient precision, and (2) The exact location of your required destination. Thanks to a new technique called GeoTagging,... (Continue reading)
Email Best Practice #4
Written on 17 Mar, 2009 at 15:39 in Email Best Practices, Emails | viewed times and users have made 3 comments so far
To avoid spam, ideally users must drop themselves off the mailing lists of any friend or colleague who indulges in forwarding emails to dozens of people collected together in ‘To’ lists. Every time your address is passed around, it opens... (Continue reading)
Email Best Practice #3
Written on 17 Mar, 2009 at 12:26 in Email Best Practices, Emails | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
If you are planning to start off your own website and need to list your contact email address on the ‘Contact Us’ page of your site, here’s a simple piece of advice. Ideally you should use techniques listed in Email Best... (Continue reading)
Sold without consent
Written on 17 Mar, 2009 at 11:51 in User Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Though most corporations claim not to disclose or sell user information to third parties, the reality is quite the opposite. During the registration process in some recent dealings with a major bank in India, I ended up giving a relative’s... (Continue reading)
A job that never was
Written on 17 Mar, 2009 at 11:18 in User Stories | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Once I received an email from a source that claimed to be a globally operating airline company with a job offer for the post of an IT Manager. It was a nice warm personal message, containing details of the job... (Continue reading)
Email Best Practice #2
Written on 17 Mar, 2009 at 10:59 in Email Best Practices, Emails | viewed times and users have made 2 comments so far
Flag and Reduce Spam Gmail, Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, and indeed most other email address domains provide a unique facility for tagging the spam emails you receive – by simply selecting the offending spam email, and clicking the Mark as Spam... (Continue reading)
