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| − | The term "[[spam]]" originally referred only to unsolicited [[email]], but has broadened in usage to include any kind of unsolicited electronic advertisement or communication (e.g. phone solicitations are often described as "spam calls"; advertising links posted on a wiki page is "wikispam"). | + | [[category:vexations]]{{sidebar|__TOC__}} |
| + | ==Overview== | ||
| + | The term "[[spam]]" originally referred only to unsolicited [[email]], but has broadened in usage to include any kind of unsolicited electronic advertisement or communication (e.g. phone solicitations are often described as "spam calls"; advertising links posted on a wiki page is "wikispam"; spam posted in the comments of a blog is "blogspam" or "comment spam"). | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
* {{wikipedia|Spam (electronic)}} | * {{wikipedia|Spam (electronic)}} | ||
==Related Articles== | ==Related Articles== | ||
* [[fighting spam posts in MediaWiki]] | * [[fighting spam posts in MediaWiki]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[telemarketing]] (phone spam) |
* [[fighting email spam]] | * [[fighting email spam]] | ||
| + | * [[known spammers]] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| + | ===Resources=== | ||
| + | * [http://www.spamcop.net/ SpamCop.net]: email spam-blocking and reporting service | ||
* [http://ahbl.org/ Abusive Hosts Blocking Service] | * [http://ahbl.org/ Abusive Hosts Blocking Service] | ||
| + | * [http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html Mike's Ad Blocking Hosts file]: a way to blacklist ad servers using network configuration | ||
| + | ===Other=== | ||
| + | * [http://billshackelford.com/home/portfolio_spamtra_826 Spamtrap]: performance art which not only literally destroys spam, but reports the spammers too | ||
| + | ==Articles== | ||
| + | * '''2007-02-17''' [http://dsgazette.blogspot.com/2007/02/few-things-tick-me-off-like-spam.html few things tick me off like spam] by "False Data" | ||
==News== | ==News== | ||
| + | * '''2007-04-10''' [http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/04/whos_behind_cri.html who's behind criminal bot networks?] by Bob Sullivan | ||
| + | * '''2006-09-15''' [http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/15529674.htm Anti-spam group to keep company on list] by Carla K. Johnson (AP) | ||
| + | * '''2006-09-07''' [http://techdirt.com/articles/20060905/191230.shtml Appeals Court Judges Sick Of Spam Too; Uphold Spammer Conviction] | ||
* '''2006-02-23''' [http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/24/000220 Malware Honeypot Projects Merge] (maybe this should end up in an article on [[malware]]) | * '''2006-02-23''' [http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/24/000220 Malware Honeypot Projects Merge] (maybe this should end up in an article on [[malware]]) | ||
* '''2006-02-19''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401342.html Invasion of the Computer Snatchers] ([http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot?m=3776 slashdot]) | * '''2006-02-19''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401342.html Invasion of the Computer Snatchers] ([http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot?m=3776 slashdot]) | ||
* '''2006-01-24''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8627 'Zombie master' pleads guilty to PC hijacking] | * '''2006-01-24''' [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8627 'Zombie master' pleads guilty to PC hijacking] | ||
| + | * '''2004-11-18''' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4023667.stm Bill Gates 'most spammed person']: "At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in January, Mr Gates predicted that technology would make spam "a thing of the past" within two years." Still waiting on that one... | ||
Latest revision as of 18:20, 12 October 2007
Overview
The term "spam" originally referred only to unsolicited email, but has broadened in usage to include any kind of unsolicited electronic advertisement or communication (e.g. phone solicitations are often described as "spam calls"; advertising links posted on a wiki page is "wikispam"; spam posted in the comments of a blog is "blogspam" or "comment spam").
Reference
Related Articles
Links
Resources
- SpamCop.net: email spam-blocking and reporting service
- Abusive Hosts Blocking Service
- Mike's Ad Blocking Hosts file: a way to blacklist ad servers using network configuration
Other
- Spamtrap: performance art which not only literally destroys spam, but reports the spammers too
Articles
- 2007-02-17 few things tick me off like spam by "False Data"
News
- 2007-04-10 who's behind criminal bot networks? by Bob Sullivan
- 2006-09-15 Anti-spam group to keep company on list by Carla K. Johnson (AP)
- 2006-09-07 Appeals Court Judges Sick Of Spam Too; Uphold Spammer Conviction
- 2006-02-23 Malware Honeypot Projects Merge (maybe this should end up in an article on malware)
- 2006-02-19 Invasion of the Computer Snatchers (slashdot)
- 2006-01-24 'Zombie master' pleads guilty to PC hijacking
- 2004-11-18 Bill Gates 'most spammed person': "At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in January, Mr Gates predicted that technology would make spam "a thing of the past" within two years." Still waiting on that one...