SpamBayes Outlook Anti-spam plugin 1.1a1

"The SpamBayes project is working on developing a Bayesian anti-spam filter, initially based on the work of Paul Graham. The major difference between this and other, similar projects is the emphasis on testing newer approaches to scoring messages. SpamBayes is not a single application. The core code is a message classifier, however there are several applications available as part of the SpamBayes project which use the classifier in specific contexts. For the most part, the current crop of applications all operate on the client side of things, however, a number of people have experimented with using SpamBayes on mail servers to classify incoming mail for multiple users. The table below outlines the main applications which are part of the SpamBayes distribution. SpamBayes will attempt to classify incoming email messages as 'spam', 'ham' (good, non-spam email) or 'unsure'. This means you can have spam or unsure messages automatically filed away in a different mail folder, where it won't interrupt your email reading. First SpamBayes must be trained by each user to identify spam and ham. Essentially, you show SpamBayes a pile of email that you like (ham) and a pile you don't like (spam). SpamBayes will then analyze the piles for clues as to what makes the spam and ham different. For example; different words, differences in the mailer headers and content style. The system then uses these clues to examine new messages." Source: addict3d.org

SpamBully Continues to Hit Spammers Below the Belt

"Axaware, LLC is pleased to announce the release of SpamBully 3 for Outlook and Outlook Express. SpamBully 3, is an easy to use spam filter that uses artificial intelligence to quickly learn what is and isn't spam based on each user's unique personal email habits. Important emails you want from family, friends and business contacts are sent to the Inbox and unwanted email is smartly filtered to a special Spam folder. In addition to its intelligent filtering, SpamBully 3 easily lets a user allow or block messages by email address, domain, or words they choose." Source: prweb.com

Clearswift Introduces SpamLogic(TM) -- New Anti-Spam Technology

"Clearswift, the MIMEsweeper(TM) company and world's No. 1 in content security, today introduced SpamLogic, a self-training, anti-spam solution that blocks spam at the e-mail gateway with more than 99% accuracy. SpamLogic is integrated into their flagship MIMEsweeper for SMTP software solution, and its new MIMEsweeper SMTP Appliance. "SpamLogic is a finely tuned solution based on thousands of hours of testing of real-world e-mail traffic from dozens of large organizations," said Alyn Hockey, technical director at Clearswift. "Fighting spam has always been a critical piece of our content filtering solutions."" Source: ClearSwift via businesswire.com

Is VOIP the Next Target of Worms, Spam?

"While many issues remain unsettled in the area of Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology, IT security experts believe that it can be the next major target for various attacks. Although no high-profile cases have yet been recorded, VOIP will eventually become the target for hackers and malicious code writers, said Nigel Stewart, McAfee regional sales manager for Southeast Asia and India. He gave the warning at his presentation in the recent MediaConnect security forum here." Source: pcworld.com

Spam grounded as Hawker applies filtering system

"A year ago the company had a major problem: spam. Robert Burns, Hawker Pacific's manager of information systems, says spam accounted for 60 percent of network traffic. "Users were experiencing inappropriate spam," he says. "For IT, spam was flooding the network and slowing down our normal commercial traffic. It got to the point it was just painful. It was a deluge." In response, Burns began looking around for a solution and ultimately turned to GFi. In May last year he installed GFi MailEssentials for spam filtering, and GFi MailSecurity for filtering e-mail-borne viruses, worms, and Trojans." Source: Computerworld.com.au

ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service Adds Spam Filtering, Virus Scanning

"The popular and free ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service has gotten even better. In response to users' requests, the ARRL E-mail Forwarding Service has added spam filtering and virus scanning on messages sent to @arrl.net addresses for forwarding to League members' established e-mail accounts. Best of all, the service will continue to be available to ARRL members at no additional cost. The changes went into effect September 1." Source: eham.net

Caution: You’ve got (spam) mail!

"Spam, the small irritant most enterprises used to ignore has taken the shape of a gigantic monster today. Enterprises not having a policy to curb spam will eventually see their profitability and productivity being affected." Source: financialexpress.com

Spam filtering nears breakdown, cautions expert

"Traditional spam filtering breaks down when a user receives 30 or more per day in his or her in-box, according to New Millennium Solutions (NMS) Chairman, Peter Stewart. He believes that thousands of office workers are nearing the critical point at which their filtering ceases to be effective, because of the high volumes they receive. NMS puts spam levels into three categories: none, trickle (2-3 a day) and flood (30 or more a day). Stewart says junk email is a nuisance up to 2-3 per day, then some automation (usually filtering) is required. He explains: “The filtering approach was designed to handle junk mail for people receiving between zero and sufficient numbers to cause a nuisance. The real issue now is for people in the flood category, where filtering is not viable.”" Source: computerworld.com

The End to All Spam

"ClearMyMail (http://www.clearmymail.com) has launched its first product aimed at home and small business users, named ClearMyMail Personal Edition. The system works without the end user having to install any additional software and stops a true 100% of all unwanted e-mail without ever blocking a message that may of been wanted. The new service from ClearMyMail does not try to guess whether a message is spam, if it is not 100% certain the intelligent system will simply ask the end user if they want to receive messages from this new sender. This decision will then be remembered for any further e-mails received." Source: emediawire.com

E-Mail Remains A Point Of Vulnerability

"Spam filtering is the major focus of any messaging security strategy. While small companies on average spend 29.5 hours per week per 1,000 users to manage E-mail security, 9.1 hours per week per 1,000 users are spent combating unsolicited messages. Larger companies on average spend 15.2 hours per week per 1,000 users on messaging security, with 4.1 hours per week devoted to anti-spam management, according to Osterman Research." Source: informationweek.com

E-looters Pray on Katrina Kind-heartedness

"Christopher Faulkner, president and CEO of CI Host, a Dallas-based Web hosting and data management company. said that since the disaster struck nearly two weeks ago, there have been more than 1,000 domain names registered containing the terms Katrina or Hurricane Katrina. Most of these domains are either used to set up malicious Web sites or are being auctioned off to bidders for a prices of as much as $50,000. "Hurricane Katrina has a lot of people glued to their televisions and their PCs wanting to help. They have their guard down and they are clicking on e-mails thinking they’re donating to a good cause, but in reality it's not going anywhere near New Orleans," Faulkner said." Source: sapinfo.net

UITS might cut forwarding feature from e-mail

"IU might stop allowing students to forward their Webmail accounts to other services such as Gmail and AOL if spam problems persist. When IU users forward their University mail to a different account, spam is also forwarded. The forwarding becomes a problem because larger e-mail providers view IU as the spam's origin, thus blocklisting, or blocking, IU accounts, said Mark Bruhn, chief IT security and policy officer for University Information Technology Services, via e-mail." Source: idsnews.com

McAfee, Inc. Releases New Secure Content Management Appliances for Comprehensive Web and Email Protection

"McAfee, Inc. , the leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management solutions, today announced the availability of three new secure content management appliances delivering comprehensive Web and email security solutions for businesses of all sizes. The new appliance product family includes McAfee(R) Secure Web Gateway (SWG) and Secure Messaging Gateway (SMG) for enterprises and Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) for small-to-medium businesses. The McAfee Secure Content Management (SCM) appliances are best-in-class, high-performance platforms that deliver protection against spyware, inappropriate Web content, phishing, spam, known viruses, worms and Trojans. The comprehensive protection eliminates the need for multiple point products, lowers total cost of ownership, and since the solutions are appliance-based, they are easily installed and virtually maintenance free." Source: techweb.com