The Spam Filter
baselinescenario.com 7/23/2009 — The spam filter seems to be catching a few more legitimate comments than usual recently. I just rescued about nine comments (out of over one hundred messages flagged as spam) from the last several days. Some of those comments were from some of our most regular commenters. I know that if you ...

The Economics of Spam
deepmarket.com 10/6/2009 — The volume of spam emails sent has increased exponentially during recent years, and so has the cost of dealing with that spam. While awareness of the problem has certainly increased, many companies still do not realize the significant impact which spam is having on their profits. Similarly, many ...

Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam « Akismet
akismet.com 9/23/2008 — We can’t stand spam. Who can? You have better things to do with your life than deal with the underbelly of the internet. Automattic Kismet (Akismet for short) is a collaborative effort to make comment and trackback spam a non-issue and restore ...

Energy from spam could power 2.4 million homes
itpro.co.uk 4/15/2009 — The average business email user is responsible for 131kg of CO2 per year in email-related emissions, with 22 per cent spam related, according to a new report . McAfee’s ‘Carbon Footprint of Spam’ equated the energy used by spammers to the emissions ...

The Abnormal Market Filter Says “Barricade the Doors”
marketsci.wordpress.com 2/24/2009 — The Abnormal Market Filter reading for Tuesday (02/24) has moved to 100% for the first time since the market meltdown last October. I’ve talked a lot over the last few months about my mechanism to determine when the market is acting “abnormally”, ...

Unlovely SPAM
likelihoodofconfusion.com 9/7/2009 — Hormel won’t give up. And neither will Spam Arrrest, LLC (which makes a great product I’ve used for years). A press release from Spam Arrest reports: Spam Arrest LLC, which provides the popular web service software to eliminate email spam, hopes to end its four year legal battle ...