Domain-based Reputations
One of the latest techniques in fighting spam is domain-based reputation systems, something that Nerds On Site has integrated into our systems over 2 years ago already. However, the buzz around...
View ArticleOur New Mail System: Part 2
Spam is the bane of any business, clogging up your mailboxes and reducing employees’ productivity. Nerds On Site works hard every day to improve your profitability, productivity and pleasure. One way...
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Shield Your Identity
What is ID Protect? ID Protect is a service that hides your private information from being displayed publicly in a global database that is frequently used by spammers and data miners to bombard...
View ArticleSpam Volumes Plummet upon Coordinated Takedown of Rustock Botnet
One of the largest botnets on the Internet today, Rustock has been the target of a coordinated takedown effort. This effort appears to have paid off as Rustock has gone from sending about 2,000 spam...
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E-Mail Address Spoofing and What to do About It
Understandably, people are concerned and frustrated when they start receiving e-mail from people they know (or don’t know) asking why they are being sent junk mail. In some cases, the junk mail...
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Viewing your SpamExperts Quarantine
Now that all our client’s email goes through SpamExperts for filtering, all clients also have a spam quarantine folder. While all users get a daily spam digest, you may want to access your spam filter...
View ArticleReporting Spam to SpamExperts
All our hosting clients are protected from spam by our relationship with SpamExperts, and their system is quite good indeed. However, even the best system occasionally allows spam through, and this...
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Outgoing Email Guidelines and How to Avoid Getting Blacklisted
High volumes of email can cause blacklisting Like all email service providers, our team needs to be careful to ensure that our mail servers do not get listed on spam blacklists. Once a mail server is...
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The anatomy of a targeted email account hack
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net “OMG! My email is hacked!” This is a true account of an email hack we’ve just witnessed and helped a client through. It all started with one of our client’s...
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The Canadian Anti-Spam Act and What it Could Mean for You
The Canadian Anti-Spam Act was passed in December of 2010, and is expected to come into force some time in 2013. If you think it won’t affect you because you don’t send mass emails trying to sell...
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