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Title: War Against Spam Rages On

Author: Claburn, Thomas Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Information Week, v990 p58(2) Publication Date: May 24, 2004
  ISSN: 8750-6874
URL of Publication: http://www.informationweek.com

Spam remains a problem. Companies like StealthMail Master openly advertise products designed to send spam that looks like it came from a different e-mail address. Some executives from anti-spam companies like Proofpoint Inc. and CipherTrust Inc. believe that the battle to defeat spam is beginning to be won. Others are skeptical. In addition to being costly and often a pitch for fraudulent products, spam is increasingly being used to spread viruses and steal information from computers. However, delivery of spam is being interrupted by better spam filtering programs and appliances. Many companies are discovering that spam filters can pay back the cost in productivity savings very quickly. In addition to productivity costs, some companies are concerned that spam can result in legal liabilities. The Can-Spam Act has increased costs for spammers. Spammers are developing new techniques to avoid the filters, such as sending images of text instead of text. Some spammers are also offering to pay Internet users to allow spam to be sent from their computers to avoid some blocking techniques. People are becoming less trusting of e-mail because of spam. Revision of Internet mail protocols may be necessary. If large e-mail service providers refuse to accept unauthenticated mail, spam may become unprofitable.

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Proofpoint Inc Secure Computing Corp

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