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Preventing spam bots from hijacking an enterprise network

Submited by cheatman, on 2007-11-30

Here is an article I found on SearchSecurity.com (TechTarget), about how to prevent spam bots from hijacking an enterprise network. I think you will find it interesting and useful:

"Despite Bill Gates' assertion in 2004 that the problem of spam would be solved by now, it's still with us. In fact, it's on the increase. According to recent figures from Symantec, 61% of emails are spam, and almost 90% of emails emanating from some countries are spam.

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