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Everything Else

Gmail, Gmail, GMAIL!

Posted on 4/18/2004 by The Internet Patrol

Everywhere you look, everyone is talking about Gmail (including me). But what’s amazing to me is that for the most part those who are heralding…

Everything Else

Spam or Not? How Can You Be Sure?

Posted on 4/18/2004 by The Internet Patrol

Today I received email with the subject line: “urgent query” The opening lines were: “Dear Madam, I am writing to you out of great desparation.”…

Everything Else

Entertain Me, Oh Creative Spammer!

Posted on 4/15/2004 by The Internet Patrol

Anyone else seen this? Spam in the past 24 hours, almost certainly all coming from the same source, with, I have to admit it, creative…

Everything Else

Happy Spamiversary to You

Posted on 4/14/2004 by The Internet Patrol

Quick! Where on the Internet were you on April 13, 1994? Many of you are probably saying “Dude, I hadn’t even heard of the Internet…

Everything Else

ISPCON Spam – Oh the Irony

Posted on 4/14/2004 by The Internet Patrol

Today I received a third..or maybe fourth, who knows, perhaps even fifth – I’ve lost count – piece of spam from, of all places, ISPCON.…

Everything Else

You Have the Right to Remain Silent…. Fingerprinting Email?

Posted on 4/13/2004 by The Internet Patrol

You know those pesky bounce notices you get when a spammer forges your domain in a spam run? Hundreds, even thousands, of bounce notices sent…

Everything Else

To All the People Whining That CAN-SPAM Hasn’t Worked

Posted on 5/8/20194/10/2004 by The Internet Patrol

It happens at least twice a week. Some reporter, pundit, or well-meaning but tunnel-visioned anti-spammer will point triumphantly to the fact that the load of…

Everything Else

Write for The Internet Patrol!

Posted on 3/22/20063/21/2003 by The Internet Patrol

With the new upgrade and move, The Internet Patrol is now inviting new authors, and accepting articles for submission!

Everything Else

Spam Fighter Packs

Posted on 5/6/20055/6/1991 by The Internet Patrol

Spam Fighter Kits from Aunty Spam and ISIPP Aunty Spam is pleased to announce, in cooperation with the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy,…

Everything Else

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