[PHSW] Email Learning with Laura: What do you do with SPAM?

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

We increasingly see our email accounts jugged up with SPAM and it seems 
to be getting worse. Not only is it costing our health departments and 
organizations money and filling up our email queues, but it is also 
consuming our most precious resource, our time.

In a recent TechSoup article (TechSoup is a technology resource for 
non-profits) the editors asked:

What do TechSoupers do with spam 
<http://www.techsoup.org/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=read&forum=2030&id=51059&cid=117&cg=btc&sg=forums%5Ffightspam&CFID=171385&CFTOKEN=57654321>? 


Do you

    * delete
    * reply (a VERY bad idea)
    * forward to uce at ftc.gov <mailto:uce at ftc.gov>
    * track down and report abuse with Sam Spade <http://www.samspade.org>
    * other?

Rather than cut and paste the comments from the site, I'll just give you 
the URL and if you are interested, you can see how other non-profit 
members are attempting to solve the problem of SPAM 
<http://www.techsoup.org/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=read&forum=2030&id=51059&cid=117&cg=btc&sg=forums%5Ffightspam&CFID=171385&CFTOKEN=57654321> 
on this page:
http://www.techsoup.org/forums/index.cfm?fuseaction=read&forum=2030&id=51059&cid=
117&cg=btc&sg=forums%5Ffightspam&CFID=171385&CFTOKEN=57654321

(or if you have HTML email, click the spam links above).

Note that the URL is on two lines. You must copy both into the Address 
line of your browser in order to get to the content.

It is worth poking around the TechSoup site for other useful computer 
information. This organization also sends out a free electronic 
newsletter that you can sign up for.

If you forget where this site is or lose the email address, I will be 
adding this information to my public health Weblog. Wait till later 
today before you look since I'm a little behind in uploading content to 
the blog. The blog URL is in my signature file below.

-- 
Keep well and connected,

Laura Larsson
Information Content Manager
Digital Assets Manager
Online Learning Developer
Information Appliance/PDA Trainer

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