For most email admins, the idea of enabling external users to send email to their internal distribution lists probably seems crazy. Why on Earth would anyone want to enable an outsider to send email to an internal D/L? There are …

Score one for the good guys as a collaborative effort between Microsoft, law enforcement, and partners in both the financial and technical industries moved to shut down the Citadel botnet, believed to be in control of over 50 million PCs …

If the Internet universe was analogous to the Star Wars universe, then Spam wouldn’t be the Emperor. Nor Darth Vader. It wouldn’t even be Boba Fett. As slimy as spammers are, they wouldn’t be in the same discussion as Jabba …

A Romanian man was sentenced to 7 years in prison for his part in a phishing ring that preyed upon Connecticut residents. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last week that Dragos Nicolae Drashici, 28, was on his way to prison. Drashici, …

  An Australian man who authorities say sent over 80 spam emails to 100 people calling for the deaths of left-wing politicians successfully appealed his conviction on charges of using a carriage service to menace. 50-year old Brett David Starkey …

Just recently, illegitimate emails from wallmart.mail.com have been making the rounds and sending those who click on the links in the message to a website that installs malware on their computer. The message, spoofed to look like an order, claims …

  Spam complaints can damage your company’s reputation and wallet, and the time spent dealing with the consequences (blacklisting) can reduce productivity. We’ve talked about what to do if you receive any, but lets take a look at what you can …

  An Australian liquor company found themselves in the hot seat when the country’s Communications and Media Authority’s investigation of their email marketing practices found they were in violation of the Spam Act. The authority said Cellarworks Wine’s messages did …

  Yahoo! received a blow when British Telecom announced it was dumping Yahoo! Mail and switching its 4 million customers to a more secure system. The company said they were doing this because they were fed up with Yahoo’s refusal to …

I got an email today that came, I thought, from my son. It got past my spam filters, and it showed as being from him, where the display name was his name, not his email account. For a moment, I …