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)
‘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)
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 #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)
Learning to love Spam
Written on 16 Mar, 2009 at 18:43 in Featured Stories, Our Experiments | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
I used to be very annoyed whenever spam mail managed to penetrate my mail filters. But no more! In a flash of enlightenment I found myself in awe of the sheer ingenuity (as well as the brass nerve) of the... (Continue reading)
Email Best Practice #1
Written on 16 Mar, 2009 at 9:37 in Email Best Practices, Emails | viewed times and users have made 1 comment so far
WebCoherence has concluded from its experiments that leading Email companies including Gmail (owned by Google), Yahoo Mail (owned by Yahoo) and Hotmail (owned by Microsoft) do NOT gratuitously circulate user email addresses to potential marketeers. It is often the users themselves... (Continue reading)
