Fighting Spam For Dummies

Find out how to make your inbox off–limits to spammers!Reclaim your inbox with filters and helpful hints!Stop choking on spam —here′s how to report it and how to can it
Spam giving you indigestion? Help is on the way! Althoughthere′s no magic pill yet, this little book is packed with practical tips forkeeping much of that trash from ever reaching your inbox. Find out how spamfilters work, which ones work best, and how you can become a global antispamwarrior.Explanations in plain English"Get in, get out" informationIcons and other navigational aidsTear–out cheat sheetTop ten listsA dash of humor and fun
Discover how to:Give spammers the slipComplain to the right peopleFollow the header trailBlock messages by senderActivate controls on different e–mail programsInstall and use POPFile

Spis treści:
Introduction.
Part I: The World of Spam.
Chapter 1: How Spam Works — and Drives You Crazy!
Chapter 2: How Spammers Get Your Address.
Chapter 3: There Oughtta Be a Law Against Spam!
Chapter 4: Talk to the Hand ’Cuz the Spammer Don’t Care.
Part II: Filtering Spam Out of Your Inbox.
Chapter 5: Mailbox Filtering in Your E–Mail Program.
Chapter 6: Filtering Spam in Outlook Express and Outlook.
Chapter 7: Filtering Spam in Netscape and Mozilla Mail.
Chapter 8: Filtering Spam in Eudora.
Chapter 9: Filtering Spam in AOL and AOL Communicator.
Chapter 10: Filtering Spam in Hotmail, MSN, and Yahoo! Mail.
Part III: Spam–Filtering Programs and Services.
Chapter 11: A Round–Up of Desktop Antispam Programs.
Chapter 12: Antispam Services for Just Plain Folks.
Chapter 13: Server–Side Spam Filtering for Network Administrators.
Part IV: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 14: Ten Spam Scams.
Chapter 15: Ten Internet Annoyances and How to Get Rid of Them.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
JOHN R. LEVINE and MARGARET LEVINE YOUNG are the bestsellingcoauthors of numerous books, including The Internet For Dummies.
RAY EVERETT CHURCH is Chief Privacy Officer for ePrivacyGroup.com.

Okładka tylna:
Find out how to make your inbox off–limits to spammers!Reclaim your inbox with filters and helpful hints!Stop choking on spam —here′s how to report it and how to can it
Spam giving you indigestion? Help is on the way! Althoughthere′s no magic pill yet, this little book is packed with practical tips forkeeping much of that trash from ever reaching your inbox. Find out how spamfilters work, which ones work best, and how you can become a global antispamwarrior.Explanations in plain English"Get in, get out" informationIcons and other navigational aidsTear–out cheat sheetTop ten listsA dash of humor and fun
Discover how to:Give spammers the slipComplain to the right peopleFollow the header trailBlock messages by senderActivate controls on different e–mail programsInstall and use POPFile