Research Catalog

Title

Stopping spam / Slan Schwartz and Simson Garfinkel.

Author

Schwartz, Alan, 1970-

Publication

Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Garfinkel, Simson

Description

x, 191 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This is a book for people whose mailboxes are full of junk messages. It's a book for people who are upset that they can't find the on-topic postings in their once-helpful Usenet newsgroups and fear that the community of newsgroup readers will dissolve in disgust. And it's a book for system and network administrators, and Internet service providers (ISPs) who are concerned about the growing toll that spam is taking on their systems - and are looking for a way to put an end to it once and for all." "In addition to technical details, you'll find entertaining stories of the Green Card Lottery, the "Spam King," famous Internet chain letters, and court cases."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Stamping out unwanted email & news postings

Subject

• Spam (Electronic mail)
• Internet > Security measures
• Electronic mail systems

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. What's Spam and What's the Problem? -- 2. The History of Spam -- 3. Spamming Today -- 4. Internet Basics -- 5. A User's Guide to Email Spam -- 6. A User's Guide to Usenet Spam -- 7. Spam Stopping for Administrators and ISPs -- 8. Community Action -- A. Tools and Information -- B. Cyber Promotions Timeline.

ISBN

156592388X

OCLC

45575716

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library