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Protect Yourself From SPAM

Protect Yourself From SPAM. Information Technology TechTalk – October, 2008. Let’s have a show of hands!. How many people get too much SPAM in their inbox? How many people lose important messages due to the SPAM filter?. Icebreaker.

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Protect Yourself From SPAM

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  1. Protect Yourself From SPAM Information Technology TechTalk – October, 2008

  2. Let’s have a show of hands! • How many people get too much SPAM in their inbox? • How many people lose important messages due to the SPAM filter?

  3. Icebreaker • They say to start off with a good joke. Have you heard this one? • In 2004, who said; • “Two years from now, SPAM will be solved.”

  4. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17500979http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17500979

  5. Funny, but not true • Stupid • Pointless • Annoying • Messages • That’s not what it stands for, officially at least. But an official definition made the 1998 publication of the Oxford Dictionary.

  6. How much does it cost? According to Wikipedia.org: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_email In 2004, lost productivity costs in the U.S. are over $21 Billion annually. The IT cost of dealing with spam rose from $20.5 billion in 2003 to $198 billion in 2007.

  7. How much SPAM? According to: http://www.spamunit.com/spam-statistics/ Just under 100 billion spam messages are sent worldwide every day (as of 06/2007) “Bill Gates allegedly receives 4 million pieces of spam a day, or 0.004% of the total spam worldwide.”

  8. How much SPAM does CCSU get?

  9. Some useful links • Humorous Gmail advertisement • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FVme_xIRYk • Interesting statistics and tips • http://www.spamunit.com/ • Anti-spam solution used at CCSU • http://www.sonicwall.com/us/products/Email_Security_Anti-Spam_67.html • Instructions on how to configure SonicWALL • http://www.ccsu.edu/its/UserDocs/sonic_wall_instructions.pdf

  10. Now on to the demo!

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