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Network World, 05/13/02

Spam UIT needs to educate users about various aspects of spam, including:

  • Types of spam (unsolicited commercial e-mail, chain letters, hoaxes, urban legends, fraud schemes).

  • Forwarding spam to IT for updating filters.

  • The use of desktop filters.

  • Purging mail to maximize desktop storage.

  • Using e-mail address for essential, business-use only.

  • Using two e-mail addresses, one for business e-mail, one for public usage.

  • How spammers acquire addresses.

  • Deceptive unsubscribe and opt-out links.

  • Acceptable e-mail use

    - Suzanne Gaspar

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