Many of humanity’s greatest inventions come with a price. The automobile, created with noble intentions; i.e; fast and efficient transport across great distances for the masses, introduced side effects like traffic congestion, environmental degradation, and urban sprawl. Similarly, electronic mail communication – while revolutionizing letter writing and commerce – comes with an undesirable side effect [...]
E-mail has revolutionized the way we communicate. In just a short amount of time, it has become a resource that most of us feel we would be hard-pressed to live without. But for all its promise and convenience, e-mail comes with a downside – spam. Unsolicited e-mails carry with them the risk of viruses, scams [...]
The Internet and e-mail access have opened up an entirely new universe of communication and convenient discourse to millions. However, all the good they seem to provide can be spoiled by nothing more than an inbox full of spam e-mails. These days, those unwanted and unsolicited e-mails are more than just a nuisance, many of [...]
China is now the largest of all internet users and their young budding entrepreneurs will be trying to sell you everything from cheap toys, to exotic perfumes and lingerie online. As these online entrepreneurs try to sell you goods and services online they will be sending you solicitation e-mails, yes they will be Unsolicited-SPAM. Now [...]
Who would not love surprises? Women love surprises, so do men. Or, some could be just too proud to admit it. On the internet, one of the many surprises we get is the spam emails. These are those unwanted emails that we receive in our inbox. Contrary to the fact that surprises should most often [...]
I suppose that everybody knows the old ones, with the poor russian family, with the lottery prize and with the relatives of dead generals or ministers from countries like Senegal, Nigeria and, more recent, Iraq. The common thing to all these attempts is that they are coming as SPAM emails. Do not trust anyone which [...]
When Gary Thuerk sent out 600 simultaneous emails in 1978 advertising his company’s new computer system, he rightly became known as the ‘father of spam email’. His message read “We invite you to come see the 2020 and hear about the DECSystem-20 family”. Unwillingly, perhaps, those 600 addressees could also be seen as the first [...]
