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By Hina Patel TCM 471. Introduction. SPAM? Solicited email Unsolicited email How spammer gets the email address Prevention from spam Conclusion. SPAM. - Un solicited email - 38% email traffic is spam - $400 per email box per year - 15 minutes. Solicited email. - Voluntary
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By Hina Patel TCM 471
Introduction • SPAM? • Solicited email • Unsolicited email • How spammer gets the email address • Prevention from spam • Conclusion
SPAM - Un solicited email - 38% email traffic is spam - $400 per email box per year - 15 minutes
Solicited email - Voluntary - Commercial message, newsletter
Unsolicited email - Commonly known spam - message or posting ( have not requested)
How spammer gets email address Preexisting software • Email collector program(web page, business site, directory of public domain information) • News groups • Other firms
Prevention from spam - Don’t Publish email on web - Be conservative who you give information - Do Not reply spam emails - Use second email address in newsgroups - Use spam filter - Never buy anything advertised in spam
Conclusion - Freedom of speech - Ignore spamed email - Never respond Unsolicited email - Delete junk email same as trashing junk post