John Graham-Cumming, creater of the mail classification tool POPFile, reports on the latest in the war against spam.

You're a savvy Web surfer. You never post your real email address online, in chat rooms, or on message boards. You've encrypted any addresses on your website to keep them safe from prying eyes. You use all the built-in filtering tools your particular email program offers and you keep current on the latest in junk email defense strategies.

So why are you still receiving so much spam?

Spammer schemes exposed
On tonight's show, UseTheSource editor John Graham-Cumming explains some of the devious methods spammers employ to infiltrate your account, including:
  • Invisible Ink
  • Doing the Splits
  • Lost in Space
  • Ze Foreign Accent
  • Slice and Dice


Intrigued? So are we. Tune in tonight for all the details! Also, take a look at the PowerPoint presentation Graham-Cumming created to explain these treacherous tricks.

Another for your arsenal
POPFile is the automated mail classification tool created by John Graham-Cummings. POPFile is available in both Windows and cross-platform versions. Further reading about POPFile, along with other fascinating developments in anti-spam technology, is available at the Spam Conference website.