Because they send out “helpful” notices to people who send their customers viruses via email. So, their mail server is intelligent enough to realize that someone has sent a virus to a customer? Fine, that’s good customer service. But then they email the “From:” address letting the “sender” know that they have sent a virus. […]
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LifeSavers, or LifeSavers Direct
I am blocking these domain names and IP addresses (listed out indivually so they may show up in web searches): azdct.com 64.70.17.130 64.70.17.131 64.70.17.132 64.70.17.133 64.70.17.134 64.70.17.135 64.70.17.136 64.70.17.137 64.70.17.138 64.70.17.139 64.70.17.140 64.70.17.141 64.70.17.142 lifesrd.com leightsvrs.com lifesaversdir4u.com livsvdt.com livrsdt.com lifesaversdirect.com fyispcls.com fyuscls.com 66.54.64 66.54.65 66.54.66 66.54.67 66.54.68 66.54.69 66.54.70 66.54.71 66.54.72 66.54.73 66.54.74 66.54.75 66.54.76 […]
Spam (Unsolicited Commercial E-mail)
Spam is the Internet’s equivalent of junk mail. Another term you may see is unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE). Regardless of what you call it, it is wrong to send out massive numbers of e-mail in the hopes of selling something. It shifts the cost of you doing business to the recipients of your e-mail, to […]
Spam: Why is it Wrong?
Reason #1 Q: Isn’t spam the same thing as junk mail? You could just delete it. It is very tempting to think of spam and UCE as the same as junk snail mail, when really at BEST it is more like graffitti. The reason you are only getting 4 or 5 a day is determined […]