Dictionary spam is a technique spammers use. In simple terms they create a list of email addresses by merging domain name databases (commonly available) with the ‘dictionary’ database which contains all the words in the dictionary, plus common names and words commonly used for email addresses e.g. info@ or service@. People who choose to use […]
In programs used to filter spam, a false positive is a legitimate message mistakenly marked as spam. This can happen because the domain or network the person is sending from is used to send a lot of spam (such as hotmail), because their computer, or a computer they use is infected with a virus, or
What does ‘whitelisted’ mean? A whitelist is a list of e-mail addresses or domain names from which an e-mail blocking program will allow messages to be received. E-mail blocking programs, also called a spam filters, are intended to prevent most unsolicited e-mail messages (spam) from appearing in subscriber inboxes. But these programs are not perfect.