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• The Basics: Executive Summary on Spam | The Internet Spam Primer

  "Spam" is defined as unsolicited commercial email. It is sent to you by unscrupulous people trying to make a fast buck -- usually by ripping you off. Many spams say that you can get off the mailing li...

• Who is Sending Spam | The Internet Spam Primer

  Spammers come in two flavors: everyday people who think everyone will welcome their message and therefore send junk mail rather than use legitimate advertising methods, and sophisticated rings of crim...

• Spam: What Is It? | The Internet Spam Primer

  Spam, according to various anti-spam groups (see below), is defined as "unsolicited commercial email." That is, email you didn't ask to be sent to you that is commercial in nature (e.g., an advertisem...

• Filtering Spam | The Internet Spam Primer

  So while anti-spam laws are terribly ineffective, you can filter spam yourself. Here are the basics. Filtering has several shortcomings, including the fact that you still have to pay for the time and ...

• Why Spammers Won't "Unsubscribe" You | The Internet Spam Primer

  Many spams have a link at the bottom to "unsubscribe" you from their garbage. It virtually never works. The typical advice from anti-spam groups is to not even try to use their "unsubscribe" methods, ...

• Phishing and Email Scams | The Internet Spam Primer

  A particularly nasty type of spam is "phishing" (pronounced "fishing"): messages that look like they're from your bank or other official place which tell you there's a "problem" with your account and ...