"Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else."Robert Graves
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Script Kiddies III - Grilled Kiddie
In my previous articles, "Script Kiddies - Vermin of the Internet" and "Script Kiddies II - A warning to parents", I described the Script Kiddie problem.This article contains information for web site owners and surfers regarding what to do when your ...
Web Surfing: ISP Tips
Perhaps one of the most important things to consider when determining how toget on the internet is choosing your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Thisis the company that connects you to the internet via the phone line, DSL,modem, T1 or whatever else you ...
Advanced Wireless Networking
Well, you'd be surprised. There really are all sorts of things you can do with wireless networks -- you're only really limited by your imagination! THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) yesterday released results of a six-month trial of an advanced ...
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No matter how careful you are, you are always open to
false spam complaints.
You can get upset or you can take more proactive measures
to prepare yourself.
Don't rely on the fact that you are innocent.
Your innocence or guilt usually has no bearing on the
outcome.
It's no comfort knowing you are innocent, if your site is
shut down or you lose your mailing list.
There are some simple steps you can take to protect your
business.
1. Find out your ISP's spam policy.
Some providers will close your account on the first
complaint proven or unproven. If this is your providers
policy, look for one that will take the time to investigate.
It's too late once your account has been closed.
2. Use a marketer friendly list service to host your opt in
list.
Fellow marketers usually know how rampant false complaints
are and won't shut down your list without hearing your side
of the issue.
3. Back up your list daily.
It takes time and effort to build a solid list. Don't let
it disappear overnight.
4. Make sure your web sites are hosted by services that
will let you explain your side of the story, before they
shut you down.
Marketers have lost sites getting 1,000 or more visitors
a day, because their host reacted without warning.
5. Set up email accounts and links to be used in the
resource boxes of your articles.
Some spam software will go after every link in a
newsletter. It's better to lose a throwaway account than
have your main accounts shut down.
6. Set up email accounts and web pages to use in ezine ads.
7. Keep back up copies of your follow up auto responder
messages.
8. Never send email to someone you don't know.
Avoid those cd's offering thousands of safe addresses. They
aren't safe.
You can take these simple steps and protect you business,
or you can protest your innocence while your scrambling to
salvage your business.
Don't be a victim. Take the bull by the horns and protect
your business.
No on will do it for you.
Wishing You Success,
John Colanzi
http://www.internet-profits4u.com
About the Author John publishes the "Street Smart Marketing"
newsletter. To subscribe
mailto:streetsmart@rapidreply.net
Don't forget to get your free email course. "7 Days To
Turbo Charged Mind!" mailto:johncolanzi@freeautobot.com
Written By: John Colanzi
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 Inaction on disconnect pleas at root of Aussie ISP lawsuit (Ars Technica)
Major movie studios aren't happy that Australian ISP iiNet won't disconnect users after receiving evidence that they have been sharing movies over BitTorrent. iiNet doesn't want to play traffic cop, but Australian law does demand it have (and act on) a disconnection policy for copyright infringers. Read More...
Aussie ISP sued for allowing piracy (The Inquirer)
IN A BIZARRE MOVE , the Australian movie and TV business has decided to sue the country's biggest ISP for software piracy.
Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISP (ZDNet)
Spammers are abusing Microsoft's online services at such an alarming rate that a non-profit spam fighting group now lists Microsoft as the world's 5th most spam-friendly ISP (Internet Service Provider). The latest update of Spamhaus.org's list of the world's worst spam networks shows Microsoft at #5 because of 26 "current known spam issues" surrounding Nigerian (419) advance-free fraud e-mails ...
Studios Sue Oz ISP Over Allowing Piracy (Slashdot)
Da Massive writes "Leading Hollywood film studios Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Disney Enterprises are suing Australia's second largest ISP, iiNet, saying it's complicit in the infringement of their copyrighted material. According to a statement of claim, 'the ISP knows ...
ISP conducting "Stay Alive on the I's" (Benton Evening News)
As the Thanksgiving holiday nears, the officers from Illinois State Police District 13 hope that travelers will keep their minds on their driving and not on the turkey and the trimmings. This holds especially true for buckling up, regardless of whether someone is driving across town or across the state. During the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend, ISP District 13 troopers will ...
Spamhaus: Microsoft Now 5th Most Spam Friendly ISP (Washington Post)
Microsoft is rising quickly on a running list of the Top 10 Worst Spam Service ISPs as maintained by spamhaus.org, a group that tracks unsolicited commercial e-mail. The software giant debuted on the list earlier this month at number 9 (one being the worst), and has slid over the past few days down to number 5. Spamhaus says spammers and scam artists are abusing Microsoft's live.com and ...
What does the spam ISP shutdown really mean? (ZDNet)
It has been over a week since the takedown of an ISP responsible for directing a large portion of Internet's spam. While many groups immediately hailed a massive drop in spam, the true story was more nuanced. Everyone, save the spammers, hates spam, and this story has generated quite a bit of interest throughout the media as a result. There are two misconceptions that do need to be clarified. ...
IDOT and ISP announce winter preparations and urge drivers to stress safety message: â€Ice and Snow — Take it Slow†(Bureau County Republican)
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Milton R. Sees at a news conference Nov. 10 urged motorists to start preparing themselves and their vehicles for winter driving conditions. IDOT crews and Illinois State Police are making final preparations to get the state’s frontline winter teams and equipment ready for emergency operations for the upcoming snow and ice season.
Studios sue Australian ISP over video piracy (CNET)
Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, backed by all the major networks, says iiNet has ignored requests to discipline its customers for infringing on film copyrights.
500,000 'bot' PCs rescued as 'Spam' ISP taken offline (PC Advisor)
Crippled McColo accused of hosting global botnets A huge botnet consisting of 500,000 compromised PCs was crippled when US-based 'spam ISP' McColo was taken offline last week, according to Joe Stewart, director of malware research at SecureWorks.
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