(Unsolicited Commercial E-mail) See spam.
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- AbusePipe 2.3.1 (Windows)
- AbusePipe identifies who is sending spam based on the information in emailed complaints.AbusePipe analyses abuse complaint emails (typically sent by irate users to abuse@yourISP.com) and determines which of your customers is sending spam also known as unsolicited commercial email or UCE. It automatically generates reports showing which customers have violated...
- Software downloads 2009-11-05
- The Spam-Ish Inquisition
- UCE is usually regarded as a subset of UBE, though it's a very considerable percentage of 'Spammy' email, and many simply use the term UCE interchangeably with 'Spam'. Bulk email such as newsletters and mailing lists don't usually count, since "Solicit" those communications by subscribing to the list. Unfortunately, there...
- White papers 2009-04-16
- Using Visual Features for Anti-Spam Filtering
- Unsolicited Commercial Email UCE, also known as spam, has been a major problem on the Internet. In the past, researchers have addressed this problem as a text classification or categorization problem. However, as spammers' techniques continue to evolve and the genre of email content becomes more and more diverse, text-based...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Filtering Spam by Using Factors Hyperbolic Trees
- Most of current anti-spam techniques, like the Bayesian anti-spam algorithm, primarily use lexical matching for filtering Unsolicited Bulk E-mails UBE and Unsolicited Commercial E-mails UCE. However, precision of spam filtering is usually low when the lexical matching algorithms are used in real dynamic environments. For example, an E-mail of refrigerator...
- White papers 2008-12-17
- The Connected President
- The Connected PresidentConnected? What does that MEAN?I personally laud a "connected president" although I've seen dismal evidence that such is the actual case. And, should he decide to send me UCE/UBE, he will be treated as any other spammer and reported. IF he's connected, he won't do...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- VivaKi, dude, where is my code?
- VivaKi, dude, where is my code?Geesh!Do you think it's possible that an ad company might use the term "open source" in a different sense than the coding community? Consider that "open source" was used in the intelligence community PRIOR to being used in the coding community and it does...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Active Whois 3.1.4489 (Windows)
- Active Whois is a network tool for the retrieving of all information such as country, e-mail, and postal addresses for the owners of IP addresses and Internet domains. Unlike other whois clients, Active Whois does not require special skills to collect the desired information. Its unique Whois-hyperlink feature allows you...
- Software downloads 2008-03-11
- "In Vivo" Spam Filtering: A Challenge Problem for Data Mining
- Spam, also known as Unsolicited Commercial Email UCE, is the bane of email communication. Many data mining researchers have addressed the problem of detecting spam, generally by treating it as a static text classification problem. True in vivo spam filtering has characteristics that make it a rich and challenging domain...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Judge: 'Personal' spam is not illegal
- Judge: 'Personal' spam is not illegalMemo to Judge Judith Eiler: Spam is Spam.It doesn't make any difference if the sender puts his name real or fake on it: If the recipient didn't request any contact from the sender, it is still unwanted, therefore, IT IS STILL SPAM!If only...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- Exchange 2007 Anti Spam Migration Tool
- Exchange Server 2003 introduced some native anti-spam capabilities that helped Systems Administrators to reduce unwanted commercial email UCE, viruses and malware in general. It includes features such as Real-Time Block List Service Provider Support, global deny and accept lists, sender filtering and inbound recipient filtering. Although these configuration settings are...
- White papers 2007-05-08
- Did Expedia violate the Can Spam Act? As a customer, I think so.
- Has what started as a blog earlier today about what I thought was a baiting and switching e-mail from Expedia now blossomed into the travel sites potential violation of the Can Spam Act? Wrote one reader via email:Surprisingly, you didnt mention that this is spam even though you opted...
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- Want to gripe at a spammer? Here's one you can call.
- Heres something you dont get everyday: spam with a working phone number and a picture of the spammer (see partial screenshot, left). If youre fed up with spam and want to complain to someone about it, how better to get it off your chest than to tell a spammer --...
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- Spammed through LinkedIn? Time to nuke a connection. Here's how.
- I have this love-hate relationship with LinkedIn. The folks at LinkedIn may disagree, but for those of you not familiar with the service, LinkedIn is a Web-based version of your Outlook address book. Throw in some steroids. Not only can you you use it to use the Web for personal...
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- Richard Stallman's shackles: The open source Java acid test?
- Yesterday, I published a pair of posts that connect the dots between the recent Novell/Microsoft pact and Suns plans to open source Java. Ive been following the comments that ZDNets readers have been filing under both. But theres a thread on the second post thats addressing whether or not it...
- Blog posts 2006-11-11
- Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Spam Filtering
- This paper explains the spam filtering features provided with Microsoft SBS 2003 and how to implement them. Unsolicited Commercial Email UCE, generally known as spam, is becoming a bigger and bigger problem for each company and even home users. A lot of time has to be spent on filtering which...
- White papers 2006-10-10
- Microsoft Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter v2 Operations Guide
- Microsoft Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter v2 helps companies reduce the amount of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail UCE, also known as spam, received by users. This paper provides an overview of Microsoft Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter. This paper also explains how Intelligent Message Filter works in an Exchange Server organization...
- White papers 2006-07-18
- FSF-backed DRM protesters don hazmat suits at WinHEC
- According to DVD-Recordable.org:As Microsoft developers gathered in Seattle to hear Bill Gates's keynote speech on the future of Microsoft and the coming release of its updated operating system Vista, protesters wearing bright yellow Hazmat suits swarmed the entrance of the city's convention center, delivering an unsettling message to the corporation:...
- Blog posts 2006-05-24
- A fresh look at Vista's User Account Control
- A fresh look at Vista's User Account ControlExcellent articleLooking for more reading on this topic.Nice irony hereSo, in other words, Windows's history of running with no security provisions has the following consequences:1. Old, and even many current, applications do things in a stupid fashion so that they have to be...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-04
- How about some Fried Phish?
- How about some Fried Phish?Pried Phish did you say? ;)One interesting aspect is the public reporting approach. Contributors can submit their Phish and see the results in the Phishing, Fraud and Dastardly Deeds forum and also view the detailed analysis by following the links. Folks can get an...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-28
- Are anti-DRM declarations falling on deaf ears?
- Shock and awe is about the only phrase I can come up with to describe the success with which Apple is pushing its Fairplay-laden technology into the marketplace. Fairplay is Apple's form of digital restrictions management and is what keeps content that's purchased from the iTunes Music Store from...
- Blog posts 2006-01-17
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