Spam Bulletin - December 2006

Editor: Helen Martin

Technical Consultant: John Hawes

Technical Editor: Morton Swimmer

Consulting Editor: Ian Whalley, Nick FitzGerald, Richard Ford, Edward Wilding

2006-12-01

Abstract

Anti-spam news; The medium or the message? Dealing with image spam (feature)

News

Anti-spammer loses case

Anti-spam activist sued in case that brings enforceability of state anti-spam laws into question.



Feature

The medium or the message? Dealing with image spam

In last month's VB John Graham-Cumming reported on the rise and rise of image spam. Here, Catalin Cosoi describes a technique for dealing with this form of spam.

Catalin Alexandru Cosoi - BitDefender, Romania


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