Segregate the IP addresses you use according to what you use them for. Yahoo! Mail keeps reputation data about each IP address you send from. Consumer reports of spam negatively impact an address’s reputation data. Separating an address that delivers marketing mail from another that sends transactional mail (order receipts or billing notices, etc.) – or from another address that sends mail composed by end users – you make it easier for Yahoo! Mail to determine the IP address’ reputation. This way a delivery decision can be made that will …

What is a Spam Firewall?
A spam firewall is a hardware device that sits between your internet firewall and LAN. It is called a “firewall” because it provides data filtering of email packets, and blocks the packets that meet the criteria of “spam”. Spam firewalls can also provide anti-virus protection, anti-spyware, anti-spoofing and anti-phishing services, depending on the model you choose. A spam firewall is not designed to protect your network against intruders such as hackers - you will need a regular internet firewall for that.
How Does a Spam Firewall Appliance …

Most computer users are now familiar with what a firewall does but have you ever seen or used a spam firewall?
This article will take a beginners look at this interesting subject. It will give you the information that you need to know most.
The Webopedia definition of a firewall is - “A practice planned to preclude unauthorized access to or from a personal system.” A firewall can come in both hardware and software versions and even a combination of both. Home computer users cultivate to use software based firewalls like Zone …

CAPTCHA or the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart is widely advertised but one wonders if it is really useful or not. But, before we discuss its practical utility, let us see what CAPTCHA is all about. It is a test, which helps the computer to distinguish between machines and human beings. It creates and grades tests that automatically accept all humans and reject all machines.
It gives you a test to decipher distorted numbers and letters, which are pretty easy for a person to do, …

Across the world, thousands of home computers have been conscripted into zombie computer gangs that cyber criminals use to spam, attack and defraud others on the net, causing considerable consternation to law enforcement and security professionals alike, who count the so-called botnets as the most vexing net threat today.
read more | digg story

Tags: ATI, blog, computer, computers, digg, Hat, NET, nForce, Red, Security, spam, threat, X

PandaLabs has detected an increase in the use of spam combined with social engineering to spread malware. Several examples have appeared over the last few days.
The most recent case detected involves emails warning of an alleged malware alert (with subjects such as: Worm alert! or spyware alert!), but whose real aim is to spread the Nurech.Z worm. To make the messages more credible, typically trusted sources such as Customer Support are used as the name of the sender.
Another recent case uses photographs of Britney Spears as bait. The email has …

< !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

Welcome to the Ubuntu
Weekly Newsletter, Issue 84 for the weeks March23rd - March 29th, 2008. In
this issue we cover: new MOTUs, Ubuntu6.10 End-of-Life, Xubuntu refocuses,
Ubuntu countdown graphics,Launchpad 1.2.3, Launchpad logo contest closing,
Ubuntu UK Podcast #2,Reside@HOME: Linux Health Care, PWN To
OWN (Ubuntu wins), and much,much more!
== In This Issue
==
 * MOTU Team news * Ubuntu Stats * Launchpad
news * Ubuntu Forum news * In the Press &
Blogosphere * Ubuntu UK Podcast #2 * Reside@HOME: Linux for Elderly Health Care * Automatix
discontinued * Full circle Magazine #11 * CanSecWest PWN2OWN
2008 - Ubuntu Wins! * Meeting & …

Generating website traffic and increasing website page rank can lead to big business. The uses of social bookmarking are becoming increasingly popular to aid in this task. The two web applications that are the most used at the present moment are digg.com and del.icio.us.com.
Social Bookmarking
Generating website traffic and increasing website page rank can lead to big business. The uses of social bookmarking are becoming increasingly popular to aid in this task. The two web applications that are the most used at the present moment are digg.com and del.icio.us.com. Both of …

What is Digg?
Digg is a community-powered news and content website with a strong focus on science and technology. Huh? What that means is that all content is submitted by everyday users such as you and me.
How does Digg work?
After submitting content such as news, videos and humor, other users browse and read your submission and Digg what they like best. If your content receives enough Diggs, it is pushed to the front page for over one million users to see and comment on.
Definition: Power to the people Web 2.0 style.
What …

The term “Helpdesk” itself gives an overview of the software. Web based helpdesk means an interface where the clients are provided help with respect to spam mail, web forms, etc. Any problem encountered by a company working with computers can be solved by the web based helpdesk software with immediate effect. Helpdesk software is the perfect way to solve any technical anomalies faced by the clients.
The best part of the web based helpdesk software is that the client can access the helpdesk through any computer, anywhere in the world. The …