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Do I Need an RSS Feed?
Do I Need an RSS Feed?
RSS has been around for more than 10 years but has only recently become popular. RSS provides headlines and summaries of information in a concise and standardized way.
Benefits for Publishers
1.) Avoid Spam...
Microsoft Great Plains Data Conversion – overview for developer
Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular, partly because of Microsoft muscles behind it. Now it is targeted to the whole spectrum of horizontal and vertical market clientele. Small companies use Small Business Manager...
Outlook Express
Outlook Express is a reasonably nice email, newsgroup and contacts client. One of the best things about this program is the fact that it is free - if, of course, you install Internet Explorer on your system. Let's start with the positive things...
Plug-Ins and XTensions: InDesign Indexers, QuarkXPress Catalogers, Photoshop Fixers
What are Plug-Ins? According to Webopedia, it is a hardware or software module that adds a specific feature or services to a larger system. The idea is that the new component simply plugs in to the existing system. About-the-web.com says that they...
Those Annoying Spam Emails
Commonly referred to as spam, unsolicited commercial email is becoming a big problem today. If you’ve ever had your email address on a spam list, then you know how annoying it is to have to wade through dozens of advertisements to get to the mail...
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How To Avoid Spam Robots
Despite the fact that Federal legislation (the CANSPAM act)
made it illegal, harvesting email addresses from the web
using automated robots remains alive and well.
Spammers who need fresh email addresses release software
spider programs that comb the Internet and suck email
addresses off Web pages, guest books, and anywhere else you
might post your email address.
Once they get your email address, spammers will trade it
around like 5th graders with a new pack of Pokemon cards at
recess and you can expect the avalanche of email to begin
flooding your inbox.
In order to combat this still rampant practice of stealing
email addresses from websites and sending people email they
don't want, the following tips should help protect you.
** Break It Up **
Obviously the best way to avoid getting picked up by an
email harvester is not to post your email anywhere on
anyone's website (including your own).
If the only way someone can get your email is if you give it
to them, that creates a similar situation to operating with
an unlisted phone number.
If telemarketers can't get your phone number, they can't
call.
If you must post your email address, post it in a way that a
robot won't recognize it as an email address. Instead of
posting YOURNAME@YOURDOMAIN.COM, you can put YOURNAME (AT)
YOURDOMAIN.COM and then, in parenthesis, put (replace AT
with @ to email me).
Though it seems like an extra step for legitimate email,
you'll find it a very effective technique.
** Use An Image **
Currently, online spiders (ANY spider, including search
engines) cannot read text that appears in a graphic or
picture. If you must display an email address on a page,
then do it by typing your email address into your favorite
graphics program and saving the image as a .gif or .jpg.
Then post the image onto your web page so people can see the
email, but spiders cannot. This too creates an extra step
for people because they must type in your email
address, but
it's an effective solution if you must display an email
address on your own website.
** Use An Email Form **
Another way to cut down on spam originating from your
own website is simply not to display an email at all.
Instead, allow customers and prospects to contact you
through a form where they fill in fields, click a button,
and your website emails you their message.
A note of caution: make sure the form script you use does
not keep your email address visible in the form code.
If the form code contains the email address, spam robots can
find it even though you don't see it on the page.
** Make It Hard To Guess **
Sometimes you'll get unsolicited email because a spammer
guessed your email address.
It's not a far stretch to imagine that someone probably has
the email Jim@yourdomain.com, so spammers will do a
"dictionary" attack on common usernames.
One way to defeat this is to place a "dot" (.) in your email
address, such as Jim.Edwards@yourdomain.com. The dot makes
it virtually impossible for spammers to guess your email
address.
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| IBM home page for all of its software products, including Lotus and Tivoli, with keyword search, category browse and AZ product names. |
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