Archive for the 'Spam' Category

Apache SpamAssassin 3.2.0 available

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Apache SpamAssassin 3.2.0 is now available!  It is the official release, and contains a significant number of changes and major enhancements please use it!

Downloads are available from:
 http://spamassassin.apache.org/downloads.cgi?update=200705021400
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Singapore passes anti-spam bill

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

The anti-spam bill that was proposed to lawmakers in Singapore two months ago has been passed.
The law requires email and SMS (short message service) adverts to carry an “ADV” (advertisement) label, with flouters facing civil action. Businesses are also required to offer opt-out choices which allow recipients to remove themselves from mailing lists.

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IRS warns Internet scam offering free tax software

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

The Internal Revenue Service on Friday warned of Internet scam artists trying to obtain people’s bank account numbers and other information by posing as a participant in a program offering free tax preparation software to low- and middle-income taxpayers.

The tax agency said in a statement that the IRS’s Web site, www.irs.gov, is the only way to access the Free File program, and that taxpayers should avoid other Web sites claiming to be part of the program.

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Block comment Spam with mod_rewrite

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

There have a lot of comment spam recently, especially comment spam in Blogs

I found yesterday there have one of them can be detected from its characteristic. It using same user user-agent strings call ‘libghttp/1.0′

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Report spam web to blacklister

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Sometime you don’t know how to handle with web advertiser spam or you don’t want to create rule to block spam site one by one.

Here is have solution for you to block web advertiser spam like stock spam or sell product spam.

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