C
I Host Offers Tips To Impede Spam; Satirizes CAN-SPAM
Act [January 14,2004]
BEDFORD,
TX (January 14, 2004) - "I'm afraid the CAN-SPAM
Act reads about as comprehensive as a Dr. Seuss novel
in its elementary approach to spam," quipped Christopher
Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "Maybe we should call
it the 'CAN-SPAM I Am' Act."
Faulkner
joined many critics who suggest the law may actually
enable spammers because of the Act's specified lists
of "do's and "don'ts." For instance,
the act allows unsolicited e-mail pitches, provided
the message includes an "opt-out" selection.
"There
is nothing like a loophole to spur unsavory business,"
Faulkner said. "The battle against spam will be
won with technology, not legislation, I'm sorry to say."
Faulkner
said spammers will continue to modify messages to avoid
filters and to meet legal criteria. In addition, he
pointed out that an estimated 75 percent of spam originates
in Asia, outside the jurisdiction of U.S. legislation.
Conservative estimates rate that 60 percent of all e-mail
is spam.
To avoid spam, Faulkner offers these
tips:
a.. Don't buy anything from companies who market via
spam!
b.. Be extremely selective before sharing an e-mail
address with anyone or
any company.
c.. Set up dedicated mail boxes for the e-mails you
do wish to see.
d.. De-select the automatic, opt-in or default boxes
that permit Web sites
to send additional information or share e-mail addresses
with other marketers.
e.. Create a separate e-mail to use when shopping on-line,
or use
"disposable" e-mail addresses.
f.. Do not include your primary e-mail address on your
Websites, making it
available for spambots and other harvesting techniques.
g.. Treat spam as a potential computer virus: delete
it without opening it.
h.. Don't open anything from someone you don't know.
i.. Try a filter from a reputable software vendor, although
they offer limited results.
j.. Consider operating systems and e-mail programs that
are less prevalent
and therefore less susceptible to spam.
k.. Be happy with your current size!
--About C I Host--
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I Host (www.cihost.com), based in the Dallas/Fort Worth
market, is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider,
domain name registrar (DNR) and application service
provider (ASP) serving 200,000 individual consumers
and businesses in 182 countries worldwide.
C
I Host creates business-class Web hosting solutions
for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with
the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added
services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by
ICANN to register domain names.
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I Host offers turn-key services ranging from initial
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I Host operates three diverse data centers across the
United States, with its main facility and Network Operations
Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices
in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and London.
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D. Kent Pingel
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C I Host
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