MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters.
Grok Headline matches for MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters.
MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters
MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters
01/17/2004 10:42 PMCAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Leading researchers into spam e-mail, along with
some of its victims, gathered on the campus of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) Friday for the second annual MIT Spam
Conference.
Spam-filters bounce email about
spam-filters
Spam-filters bounce email about
spam-filters
01/19/2004 01:55 PMSpam-filters are trained to catch anything that looks like spam,
including discussions of spam and spam-filters.
"Patterns of e-mail use are definitely being impacted both by spam and
by antispam filters," said Craig Hughes, chief architect at McAfee
Security and co-developer of the open-source SpamAssassin spam-filter
project.
"I myself run into the problem all the time, mainly because what I'm
corresponding about frequently involves discussions of spam or
particular spam strategies..."
"I've lost count of the number of e-mails that get bounced back thanks
to spam filters getting triggered by completely innocent words and
phrases," said Suresh Ramasubramanian, head of security and antispam
operations for managed mail-services firm Outblaze.
LinkBagle Virus Riding on the Coattails of
Spam; Deceiving Spam and Virus Filters
Bagle Virus Riding on the Coattails of
Spam; Deceiving Spam and Virus Filters
08/12/2004 02:51 AMSpam Inspector Software Developers Working to Stay Ahead of Bagle to
Keep Users Protected [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004]
How .Mac filters spam
How .Mac filters spam
05/14/2004 01:37 PMA
recent
knowledge base entry describes in fairly good detail how spam is
filtered from .Mac accounts. According to Apple uses software from
Brightmail along with list-based
filtering. Apparently Apple also does something on their own:
.Mac also monitors all incoming message activity for
trends. This information can reveal a previously unknown source of
spam when they begin to send mail to members of the .Mac
community.
It's an interesting look behind .Mac. For our .Mac using readers: how
good is the spam blocking?
Spam Filters & .NET 2003 COM Add-Ins
Spam Filters & .NET 2003 COM Add-Ins
05/19/2004 05:39 PMDDJ May 19 2004 9:02PM GMT
Anti-Spam Filters, ISPs, and the Law
Anti-Spam Filters, ISPs, and the Law
06/10/2004 02:47 AMWhy should we let ISPs dictate the source and content of the e-mail
they allow us to receive? That's the question posed by ImagineNation
in a recent white paper on mail filters and the consequences of ISPs
using mail filters and other schemes to block spam mail. The white
paper is a free report from the company available at
http://eMstamp.org/Documents/ [PRWEB Jun 10, 2004]
Can't Avoid Anti-Spam Filters
Can't Avoid Anti-Spam Filters
04/28/2004 11:40 AMWhile there are still many problems with spam filtering technology,
most corporate IT staff say that they
c
ouldn't manage without anti-spam technology. The problem is that
there are so many different spam filtering technologies out there, and
it's difficult to know which ones work well. While some say that
eventual consolidation in the industry should sort out the mess, most
companies don't have time to wait around for that to happen.
E-texts used against Bayesian
spam-filters
E-texts used against Bayesian
spam-filters
12/02/2003 07:37 AMBayesian anti-spam filters count word-frequency in suspect and compare
the results to profiles of word-frequency in spam and ham. Defeating
this requires that your spam include a lot of natural human prose. So
spammers have started to mine the Gutenberg Project and other sources
of human-generated ASCII and dumping random hunks of literature into
their messages to get around the filters.
Blogger and journalist Clive Thompson found an excerpt from Chapter 20
of The Master Key by Wizard of Oz author L Frank Baum in a message
that had as its subject line "the big unit" (no prizes for guessing
what the rest of it was hawking).
LinkFirms won't pay extra for spam filters
Firms won't pay extra for spam filters
06/09/2004 05:59 AMvnunet.com Jun 9 2004 9:47AM GMT
Oriental Spam Fools Filters
Oriental Spam Fools Filters
09/21/2004 05:05 AMTechTree Sep 21 2004 9:51AM GMT
Spam Filters and Collateral Damage
Spam Filters and Collateral Damage
01/24/2004 12:35 PMI just had an instant message from someone who has been trying to send
me an e-mail, but found it blocked by what he called my company's
"fascist virus scanning system." I directed him to a different
address, a personal one that allowed the message to come through. I
examined it and have no clue what word in the text (there was no file
attachment) could have tripped the filter.
Spam Filters Grab Good With Bad
Spam Filters Grab Good With Bad
01/19/2004 07:20 AMThe growing use of antispam filters that weed out messages containing
words commonly used by junk e-mailers is forcing legitimate e-mail
senders to choose their language carefully. By Michelle Delio.
Testing Gmail's Spam filters
Testing Gmail's Spam filters
06/14/2004 11:32 AMEver wonder how long it takes to fill 1GB of mail space with spam?
Aaron Pratt ( prattboy@gmail.com ) is trying to find out. He has asked
people to give his email out to as many newsletters, spammers, any
kind of annoying mail that he can recieve. You can see some of his
results here (mirror)
More…
Beware free spam filters
Beware free spam filters
01/18/2004 07:03 AMExtreme Spam Filtering – When Filters
and Blacklists Are Not Enough.
Extreme Spam Filtering – When Filters
and Blacklists Are Not Enough.
02/07/2005 01:05 AMProtect Multiple POP, Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, or IMAP E-mail Accounts
from Spammers with 0Spam.com. Compatible with all E-mail clients and
operating systems. [PRWEB Feb 6, 2005]
New Company Provides Spam Elimination
Services Without Using Filters
New Company Provides Spam Elimination
Services Without Using Filters
07/09/2004 03:42 AMEmail in Focus provides spam protection for existing email addresses
with higher accuracy and less cost. [PRWEB Jul 9, 2004]
University Capitulates, Switches Off
Spam Filters
University Capitulates, Switches Off
Spam Filters
05/23/2004 08:57 PMSpam Wars: Filters Strike Back
Spam Wars: Filters Strike Back
11/04/2003 06:25 AMUntil now, antispam developers and their products have played defense
only. But now, one activist wants spam filters to automatically launch
attacks against suspected spammers' sites to shut them down. By Amit
Asaravala.
Copyrighted Haiku Delivers Spam Through
Filters
Copyrighted Haiku Delivers Spam Through
Filters
01/19/2004 05:00 AMTwo Spam Filters 10 Times As Accurate As
Humans
Two Spam Filters 10 Times As Accurate As
Humans
05/31/2004 06:41 PMSlashdot - 5 hours ago ... I'm on the subject of mail, what is a
good all in one mail bundle with webbased interface that isn't
opengroupware or ms exchange for php/apache under unix? ...
Bulk E-Mail Fees Near As Spam Filters
Fail (Boo)
Bulk E-Mail Fees Near As Spam Filters
Fail (Boo)
02/17/2004 06:09 AMnews.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory
&c=StoryFT&cid=1075982579138&p=1012571727088
track this
site | 4 links
Usenix: 'Arms race' between spammers,
spam filters under way
Usenix: 'Arms race' between spammers,
spam filters under way
06/28/2004 04:24 PMClassifying e-mail as "good" or "junk" before it's sent to be scanned
by spam filters could speed up the delivery of legitimate e-mail,
according to a paper presented today at the 2004 Usenix Annual
Technical Conference.
Comdex: Microsoft builds spam filters
into Exchange
Comdex: Microsoft builds spam filters
into Exchange
11/14/2003 05:14 PMMicrosoft Chairman Bill Gates will use his keynote address at the
Comdex 2003 trade show to tout the company's Exchange Intelligent
Message Filter.
Microsoft updates Outlook 2003 Spam
Filters
Microsoft updates Outlook 2003 Spam
Filters
12/16/2003 12:33 PMMicrosoft has updated it's virus filters to help users catch a higher
percentage of spam. [Microsoft]...
Wired News: Spam Wars: Filters Strike
Back
Wired News: Spam Wars: Filters Strike
Back
11/05/2003 06:25 AMHow about stopping them by attacking them back .. Spam Wars: Filters
Strike Back .. getting
nasty
wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61012,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2track
this site | 4 links
TMO Reports - Third-party Spam Filters
Reap Apple Mail Woes
TMO Reports - Third-party Spam Filters
Reap Apple Mail Woes
02/19/2004 11:38 AMHodges and many other Mail users are turning to other alternatives to
manage their junk mail and still use Apple's Mail application, despite
its un-repaired problems. To the rescue has come a number of
third-party spam filters that work together with Apple Mail using an
AppleScript command, which sends a mail message to the separate filter
to be checked. The mail is then re-routed back to Mail using
AppleScript to be deposited in either a junk mail folder or in a
regular e-mail in-box.
Spam Conference Trip Report
Spam Conference Trip Report
01/18/2003 10:48 AMSpam Conference Trip Report
Yesterday was the first ever Spam Conference and it was held at MIT.
First off I have to give huge kudos to Paul Graham the organizer. In
a little over a month he put together a truly outstanding conference
--- and the interest level was astonishing. They expected "50 to 60"
and instead 560 signed up. And since the room was basically full and
it held 566 by number of seats, I'd say roughly 520 to 540 actually
made it. And don't think that these were all local MIT geeks either;
I sat next to a researcher from IBM Zurich, had lunch with people from
Cloudmark (San Francisco), met the founder of pobox (Philadelphia),
spoke with Tony Bowden at length (England) and others. Presentations
came from BrightMail, Popfile, Microsoft France, MIT, Mitsubishi
Electric Research Lab, ShopIP, MessageLabs and others.
Most of the discussions focused on "Naive Statistical Bayesian
Classifiers" such as iFile and Popfile (although many other systems
were represented including other types). If I can find the papers
online I'll post links to them. Otherwise Google for them from the
info at the Spam Conference page. More on the conference later or
tomorrow.
Spam on the menu at annual virus
conference
Spam on the menu at annual virus
conference
09/09/2004 02:50 PMBOSTON - Computer viruses and worms will have to share the stage with
a new challenger for the attention of attendees at a conference of
antivirus researchers: spam e-mail.
MailFrontier Presenting at 2005 Spam
Conference
MailFrontier Presenting at 2005 Spam
Conference
02/01/2005 09:05 PMMarket Wire Jan 20 2005 1:56PM GMT
Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)
Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)
05/12/2004 04:17 AMAFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited
commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs
Internet traffic worldwide.
Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up
Finance Spam Passing Drug Spam While
Porn Spam Is Washed Up
05/24/2004 05:37 PMThe latest study on spam trends appears to show that
financial spam is outpacing pharmaceutical spam
- though, honestly, so much of both is coming out that it's really
hard to imagine that this matters at all. Meanwhile, it seems that
porn spam is increasingly less interesting to spammers as the numbers
have been on a noticeable decline for quite some time. No matter
what, though, it appears that CAN-SPAM has done absolutely nothing to
slow down the amount of spam sent.
CABA Launches Connected@Home Conference
in Conjunction with FTTH Conference &
Expo
CABA Launches Connected@Home Conference
in Conjunction with FTTH Conference &
Expo
12/19/2004 03:41 PMOTTAWA/WASHINGTON - December 17, 2004 - The Continental Automated
Buildings Association (CABA) and the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council
have announced that CABA’s new Connected@Home Conference will be
collocated with the 2005 FTTH Conference & Expo. Connected@Home will
focus on innovative new connected home applications, complementing the
FTTH Conference’s focus on fiber connectivity to the home. CABA
will hold Connected@Home at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Convention Center in Las Vegas October 3-5. The FTTH Conference…
Direct and Related Links for 'CABA Launches Connected@Home
Conference in Conjunction with FTTH Conference & Expo'
Macromedia Announces MAX 2005
Conference; Conference Features the
Latest Technologies and Strategies for
Creat
Macromedia Announces MAX 2005
Conference; Conference Features the
Latest Technologies and Strategies for
Creat
06/22/2005 02:52 AMBusiness Wire UK Jun 21 2005 3:31PM GMT
High Resolution Video in a Web
Conference Becomes a Reality at the
Collaborative Technologies Conference in
New York City
High Resolution Video in a Web
Conference Becomes a Reality at the
Collaborative Technologies Conference in
New York City
06/22/2005 01:51 AMVersona, a leading provider of enterprise communication and
collaboration solutions, announced today the launch of the ClearView
line of accessories for their popular Visual Collaboration Web
Conferencing System at the Collaborative Technologies Conference in
New York City. The Versona ClearView line of accessories for the
Visual Collaboration System (VCS) provides users the ability to
broadcast high-resolution video and audio within web conferences.
[PRWEB Jun 20, 2005]
Hanoi to host first conference on
intellectual property rights conference
Hanoi to host first conference on
intellectual property rights conference
09/06/2004 05:20 AMVOVNews Sep 6 2004 9:08AM GMT
From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream
From spam drops to spam spray to spam
stream
06/05/2004 07:31 PM I am now getting 2,000+ spams a day. There are 1,440 minutes in a day
The rate of incoming spams is therefore getting close to the interval
it takes me to check my email and dispose of a single spam: By the
time I'm done checking, more spam has arrived. That is the point at
which the spam droplets form a continuous stream. And that is the
point at which no interval of my life will ever be spam-free again....
Emerging Tech's self-organizing
conference-within-a-conference
Emerging Tech's self-organizing
conference-within-a-conference
12/20/2003 09:44 PMAt this year's O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference, there are 27
night sessions reserved from allocation by the organizers, left open
to be a "self organizing conference-within-a-conference." The idea is
that ETCON attendees propose sessions on the open wiki, and vote on
which they'd prefer to attend.
We're not looking for polished presentations. We'd prefer "white
board" sessions on your works-in-progess, rough demonstrations with
promise, concept and code (with an emphasis on running code, even if
it doesn't yet fully represent the concept). You should be prepared to
take input, answer questions, engage in discussion, and be open to
altering your conceptions and mucking about in your source. Oh, and
have a good deal of fun while you're at it.
Link<
/a>
GNU Talk Filters 2.3
GNU Talk Filters 2.3
12/07/2003 10:53 PMA collection of humorous text translators.
Networks-n-Filters
Networks-n-Filters
08/20/2004 11:55 PMNew Release: Networks-n-Filters-1.1.0
Grok Description matches for MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters.
GrokA matches for MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters.
MIT Spam Conference looks beyond filters.
