Which Spam Filter Is Best For You

•Bayesian Spam Filters Explained
 by: Niall Roche In a word Bayesian spam filters are intelligent. Bayesian spam filters are intelligent in so far as they're capable of comparing two sets of information and acting on the result. This is in direct contrast to the vast majority of other spam filters who use pre-built rules to decide which e-mail is spam and which is not. Bayesian spam filters can take one group of legitimate e-mail and another group of spam and compare the values and data of each. The definition of...

•Is Your Website Blacklisted
?  by: Niall Roche A blacklist, as the name implies, is a list of people or companies who have met with the disapproval of others. In the online world a blacklist refers to those people who have been marked as responsible for generating spam in a very big way. Blacklists are also known as blocklists. Blacklists are used to combat spam in a very specific way. When spam is reported to one of the relevant spam fighting organizations the IP address the spam originated from is added to a banned...

•The 4 Ws of Junk E mail
 by: Niall Roche Junk e-mail or spam has become the scourge of the modern computer world. It eats bandwidth. Spam is like a disease. It doesn’t care about age, religion, wealth. It doesn’t discriminate. Junk e-mail affects us all. There are 4 keys to the junk mail question – Who, What, Where and Why. Who they are The typical profile of a junk mail sender is as follows. Male, 18 – 30 years of age, single, technically competent and with little regard for their status as a public nuisance....

•Why Your ISP Takes Bribes From Spammers
 by: Niall Roche The lifeblood of the spammer is email. They need to be able to send lots of it on an ongoing basis to stay in business. High profile spammers can send 80 million pieces of junk email every single day. Yes one single person. ISPs all over the online world have vowed to stop spammers sending such vast amounts of email through their mail servers. Do they really keep their word? All the end user sees is that the spam keeps coming. There must be a loophole there somewhere....

•The Cybermagic of Whitelists
 by: Niall Roche Before we start getting deep into the meat of this article it's important to explain some standard terminology to make sure the rest of this article makes sense. An IP address is a number which identifies your location on the Internet. A blacklist is a list of IP addresses which your antispam software uses to block incoming spam. A whitelist is the exact opposite of a blacklist. A whitelist is a predefined list of IP addresses that are allowed to send email to...

•5 Home Office Essentials
 by: Niall Roche Once you've settled into the idea of running a business from home you need to make a choice. What type of office setup do you need? It's beyond the scope of this article to detail each and every item required for the perfect home office. Instead we will focus on hints and tips for creating a more ideal home working environment. Desk Those newspaper ads always prompted you to start a business from your kitchen table. While this works well in newspaper adverts it's not nearly...