Find Sporting Goods on eBay
Video and Audio], Broadcasting and podcasting Real Time Media On The Net

[description], Story, any other text you want to use.

The 4 Ws of Junk E-mail

 by: Niall Roche

Junk e-mail or spam has become the scourge of the modern computer world. It eats bandwidth. Spam is like a disease. It doesn't care about age, religion, wealth. It doesn't discriminate. Junk e-mail affects us all.

There are 4 keys to the junk mail question – Who, What, Where and Why.

Who they are

The typical profile of a junk mail sender is as follows. Male, 18 – 30 years of age, single, technically competent and with little regard for their status as a public nuisance. There are female junk mailers out there but, unfortunately, this is predominantly a male preserve.

What they use to send spam

There are many tools available to the spam merchant. The main ones are e-mail extractors, newsgroup harvesters and CD lists.

E-mail extractors are programs which wander around the Internet gathering e-mail addresses from websites and often from web based forums (unprotected forums). A "good" e-mail extractor can gather 15,000 e-mail addresses per hour.

Newsgroup harvesters are programs which search through newsgroups for valid e-mail addresses. Most newsgroups users are aware of this and take measures to counteract these harvesting programs. Despite these measures a newsgroup harvester application can gather 20,000 – 30,000 e-mail addresses in an hour.

CD lists are one of the worst sources. 90 million e-mail addresses available on a single CD for as little as $20. A lot of the addresses on these CDs would be junk (many would no longer exist) but an equally large number of these addresses would be valid. A CD like this is a junk mailers dream.

Where they do it from

Those involved in sending out bulk e-mail are "entrepreneurs" or at least they think so. The vast majority of those involved in the spam business are self-employed and work from home. Sending spam is almost the ideal home based business. You name your hours and the business itself is almost automatic. Maximum gain from minimum effort.

Why they do it in the first place

Their motivation is money. Considerable amounts of cash actually. Each spammer who sends out 1,000,000 junk e-mails is certain of approximately 100 sales. Many of the products they sell are worth $50 - $100 dollars to them in commission. Yes. Shocking isn't it? The average bulk mailer earns in excess of $100,000 per year! Maximum return for minimum effort. Unless of course you get caught and get jail time.

About The Author

Niall Roche is the content administrator for www.spam-site.com. For more information on ways to fight spam check out http://www.spam-site.com/spam_filter_reviews/spam_filter_reviews.htm


niall@spam-site.com


divx

Real Time Media On The Net
This is one of the best resources for information on Real Time Media On The Net you can possibly find. Follow our links to find more information on Real Time Media On The Net. We hope that we have all of the Real Time Media On The Net details that you could need.
Real Time Media On The Net

The time for standing in place is gone and anyone who wants the best in divx should understand that. There are many people who want to know more about divx and since you are here you must be one of them. Anyway we are happy to have you as a visitor and want to make your visit worthwhile.

There are a number of divx websites on the Internet as you surely know. Some are worthwhile and others are completely worthless. We pride ourselves on providing only the most valuable information on divx available.

Main Menu
Real Time Media On The Net
Site Map

Affiliate Ads, Links, news, etc.

News for 09-May-25

Source: BBC News - Home
Allan Little: The year the world changed

Source: BBC News - Home
Real-life Libya plane hijack halts hijack film shoot

Source: BBC News - Home
Steam baths and brandy

Source: BBC News - Home
Kim Ghattas: Trump's Syria conundrum

Source: BBC News - Home
British passenger missing from Queen Mary 2 liner

Source: BBC News - Home
Drip dry

Source: BBC News - Home
How to stop social media videos autoplaying

Source: BBC News - Home
All heart

Source: BBC News - Home
Adrenaline and exhaustion

Source: BBC News - Home
Syrian girl with severe burns gets life-changing surgery


Links
Links
Links
Google

Present On The Net | Take It Right | Talk On The Net | Forum On The Net
Copyright © 2005. Name of Site here. Last Updated: Friday, 09-May-2025 00:02:39 MDT.
Go Meetings   medical mailings   Take Your Meds