Today's News: Do antispam plans pay off?

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July 07, 2004 Published by  SearchDomino.com    Today's News Issue Sponsored By:   > Postini Enterprise Spam Filtering IN THIS ISSUE:   >  The ROI for antispam initiatives   >  McAfee spam blocker to get monthly updates   >  E-mail policies set the bar   >  More headlines   >  Chapter Download: Would the real sender please stand up?   >  Tip: Building Domino portlets for WebSphere   >  Tip Contest: Submit a tip! You could win an iRiver Flash MP3 player!   >  The Missing Link: Kerry e-mail survives spam filters, reaches masses   How to Preemptively Eliminate the Top 5 Email Security Threats Are worries about spam and virus attacks to your enterprise email system keeping you up at night? See why spam and viruses are only the "tip of the iceberg" when it comes to email security threats. Learn how you can eliminate the top 5 security threats to your email system, including the silent killer -- directory harvest attacks. Download the latest white paper to learn more   The ROI for antispam initiatives [SearchSmallBizIT.com] As the spam count mounts, IT costs and productivity losses increase as well. Tom Pisello notes the ROI of antispam tools. MORE INFO: > Sign up for our new monthly Spam and Security Tip! Just one click here will automatically activate your free subscription. McAfee spam blocker to get monthly updates [eChannelLine] Starting at the end of July, antivirus vendor McAfee will release monthly rules set engine updates for its McAfee SpamKiller for Lotus Domino in hopes of staying ahead of the latest spamming techniques. E-mail policies set the bar [SearchExchange.com] Formally explaining a company e-mail policy to users can help organizations avoid hearing the dreaded "I didn't know!" excuse. More headlines [From around the Web] United Nations takes on spam crisis (eWEEK) IBM takes Rational approach to building software (InternetNews) TOPICS:  Chapter Download: Would the real sender please stand up? This chapter from the book Canning Spam: You've Got Mail (That You Don't Want), by Jeremy Poteet, describes some simple techniques attackers use to impersonate users or mask their identities, and how you can detect these spoofs. In addition, you'll learn about some of the problems that can crop up when you use certain common techniques to combat e-mail impersonation. For some people, the cure can be worse than the disease. So this chapter covers ways you can deal with this problem in a fashion appropriate for your company's e-mail usage patterns. Click here to download this chapter. TIPS:  Tip: Building Domino portlets for WebSphere One way to integrate Domino applications into a WebSphere environment is to create Domino portlets to run in WebSphere Portal. To make it easier, IBM and its partners have created a plethora of pre-built portlets and tools to help Domino developers build portlets that meet their exact needs -- without having to write lots of code. TOPICS:  Tip Contest: Submit a tip! You could win an iRiver Flash MP3 player! We're offering a kickin' new prize in return for your best tip, trick or timesaver or code. This iRiver Flash MP3 player, complete with FM tuner and voice recorder, can be yours -- but only if you enter the contest. So, let us hear from you today. Submit your tip here. Check out the prize. Kerry e-mail survives spam filters, reaches masses [Reuters] John Kerry broke new ground in presidential politics by using a mass e-mail to get the word out that he had picked John Edwards as his running mate. But this triumph of technology was trumped by another technology: 12 hours earlier, USAviation.com posted a report that Edwards decals were being affixed to Kerry's campaign plane, a report that turned out to be more reliable than the New York Post's declaration that Kerry planned to tap Dick Gephardt. The Internet certainly has changed politickin? -- and political reporting -- as we know it.   Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   This e-newsletter is published by SearchDomino.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. To unsubscribe from "Today's News": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchDomino.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?track=NL-201&ad=486112 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: SearchDomino Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494