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Should you purchase a SPAM blocker?

Everyone with an email address will be familiar with the term SPAM. This nuisance shows no real signs of going away and those responsible for it continue to work out new ways of getting through SPAM filters.
Netriplex have this Return on Investment calculator for deciding whether to purchase a SPAM blocker. This just covers the monetary costs, as it is hard to place a value on the nuisance factor. There is also the fact that some SPAM can be offensive in nature and there may be risks to your organisation for allowing your staff to come into contact with this type of material.

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2 Responses to “Should you purchase a SPAM blocker?”

  1. Computer Network Security Says:
    September 15th, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    Computer Network Security

    I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

  2. Rob Mercer Says:
    September 16th, 2007 at 9:59 pm

    Hmm, interesting. The first comment for this article appears to be another type of SPAM known as Trackback SPAM. The Computer Network Security website points to cashgo.org. When you visit their link (and I recommend you don’t) you get a pop-up for Partypoker.com. Of course I could delete the trackback, but I’ll leave it as an example which serves to demonstrate that nowadays SPAM is not just confined to email. With the advent of Web 2.0 platforms, like Blogs, Wikis, Mapping etc., the creators of SPAM are moving on to these platforms as well as they seek to meet their own objectives

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