spamming

Why Spamming is so Profitable

For a long time I have wondered why email spammers even make the effort with their untargeted and mass mailouts offering all sorts of ‘enticing’ products and services; surely all the offers from scantily clad ladies or the promise of longer lasting sex will be a sure sell! Alas for the spammers, my email filters [...]

Avoid Spam – Mask your Email Address

If you have ever put your email address on your website you will know how quickly spambots get your email addres and email huge numbers of messages to your address. There are various scripts (mostly javascript) available which attempt to fool spambots (i.e. hide your email address from spammers) however these scripts are largely ineffective. [...]

Blog Spam Increasing

Almost everyone is affected with email spam. Spam detectors / email filters have improved substantially over the past few years but unfortunately the skills of the spammers have also improved. It is not just businesses involved in the fight against spammers but also governments; The Australian government, for example, is taking spamming and the negative [...]