Date:  Sun, 09 Nov 2003 13:04:46 -0500
From:  "Mark Dodel" <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] OT: What the experts say on avoiding SPAM


From: "Phil Parker" <phil at math.twsu.edu> 

I thought this might be worth an announcement. The bit in braces {} below
is the required attribution for duplication according to their policies.


17. Why Am I Getting All This Spam?: Unsolicited Commercial E-mail
Research Six Month Report
http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml

The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) presents this insightful
report, which discusses some of the key factors that make email users
susceptible to spam. Based upon a study conducted by CDT, the report
outlines the primary sources of spam and how the spammers obtain email
addresses. By setting up 100 different email addresses and using each in a
particular manner, the study's administrators documented the kinds of
online behavior that result in the most spam. The report dispels some of
the common myths about spam and provides suggestions for staying off the
mailing lists of advertisers. A note at the end of the report recommends a
free online tool that can be used to obscure email addresses when posted
online. [CL]

{From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, 
Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003.  http://scout.wisc.edu/ }

Main recommendation: encode publically posted email addresses in numerical
HTML equivalents. A free encoder is at:
http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html


-- 
    Phil Parker
--------------------------------------------
URL http://www.math.twsu.edu/Faculty/Parker/
Random quote:
  San Francisco, n.:
  Marcel Proust editing an issue of Penthouse.




--
 Warpstock 2003 - San Francisco, California, October 18-19
                             http://www.warpstock.org

[Moderator's note:  Because of the incredible increase in SPAM lately I 
 will now endeavor to add DESPAM to email addresses in all posts to 
 the News list. Yes I  know that the ReplyTo and From addresses are 
 not modified.  This action is to  protect email addresses that will 
 appear in HTML pages.  If you wish to send a  response to someone 
 listed in the post be sure to remove the "DESPAM" from  any email 
 address in the body of the post.]


                           

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