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The upcoming version of Microsoft's Exchange Server will push e-mail directly from the server to Windows Mobile devices, offering the same service as the Blackberry.The new Direct Push Technology will come in a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2, with the full version by the end of the year, said Exchange product manager Martha DeAmicis.The push technology no longer relies on SMS to notify a Windows Mobile device. Instead, it sends e-mail directly from Exchange to Windows Mobile devices, giving users a faster and more efficient way of retrieving messages.RIM requires the use of middleware on top of Exchange to allow messages to be sent directly to BlackBerry devices, which costs businesses and end users extra licence fees. "With Windows Mobile, you can talk direct from Exchange to a mobile device with no server and no [extra] cost," said John Starkweather, group product manager for the mobile and embedded devices team at Microsoft. It is however dependent upon the inclusion of Windows Mobile 5.0 Messaging and Security Feature Pack. An early version of this software is currently in the hands of Window Mobile OEMs, but devices that come with the technology pre-installed will not ship until early next year. However, customers will be able to buy Windows Mobile devices that can download the messaging and security feature pack from November.There will also be new security features in Exchange SP2, such as Web-based remote wiping of applications and e-mails on a device in case it should get lost or stolen. There will also be an intelligent spam message filter, and support for anti-spam technology Sender ID. The CTP of Exchange Server 2003 SP2 also will include a Mailbox Fundamentals feature with improvements to the way public e-mail folders can be managed and tracked, as well as an increase in the storage limit for Exchange Standard Edition customers, DeAmicis said.

Junk Snail MailTo get your name off national mailing lists (understand that it won't stop all unsolicited mail):
The Direct Marketing Association is the "oldest and largest national trade association serving the direct and interactive marketing field." Visit these sections of their Web site for information about reducing unsolicited snail mail:DMA Consumer Assistance: How And Where To Find HelpGetting off mailing lists/Mail Preference Service
ADVO, Inc. is the nation's "largest targeted home-delivered print advertising provider." They describe themselves as being the "force and the name behind some of the most recognizable and successful direct-mail marketing and advertising campaigns in the country." For information on removing yourself from their lists, visit advo.com.
More tips can be found on the Web site www.junkbusters.com.
Another step might cut down on unsolicited credit card offers."Changes to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act took effect Sept. 30, 1997. Under one provision of the new law, consumers can call toll-free numbers to remove themselves from lists used by credit-card companies and some direct marketers to solicit them by mail. Consumers need call only one of the three major national credit bureaus to get off all such lists."The special "opt-out" numbers are:Equifax -- (888) 567-8688Experian -- (800) 353-0809Trans Union -- (888) 5OPTOUT or 888-567-8688If you answer the questions, you can opt out of mailing lists of the major credit reporting agencies for two years.
Junk E-MailWhat about all that unsolicited e-mail? Some of the spam borders on X-rated.Tips for reducing the amount of unsolicited e-mail:
Don't display your e-mail address in public. Spammers use automated tools to collect valid addresses from Web pages, chat rooms and online directories. Consider using a second e-mail address for public correspondence.
Consider using software to filter e-mails. Some are free, and some work better than others. Most can be customized to allow personal e-mails from family members, for example, but block many advertisements. The most prominent antivirus vendors are increasingly building spam-filter utilities into their security products.
Check a Web site's privacy policy before you submit your e-mail address to see whether it permits the company to share your address with online marketing companies; if it does see whether it's possible to "opt out" from such an arrangement.
For years, experts have discouraged Internet users from replying to unwanted e-mails with requests to be removed from future mailings because that verifies that spam was sent to a valid address. Under the new law, however, marketers are required to honor such do-not-send requests after the first unsolicited advertisement.
Here are other tips:
To try to reduce spam, you can register for free online with the Direct Marketing Association's E-Mail Preference Service.
The government wants your spam. Forward unwanted or deceptive e-mails to uce@ftc.gov, where federal regulators are creating a huge spam database to go after the most egregious marketers.The Federal Trade Commission also offers tips for people who are trying to eliminate junk e-mail and deceptive e-mail:FTC E-Mail Tips

war is afoot between legitimate senders of mass email and spammers. There is an ever-increasing number of tools, in the form of algorithms and list management tools. These tools will affect email delivery and reduce the amount of spam that has hijacked the email industry.As reported from the New Scientist, a team of researchers from IBM, and Cornell University developed a new algorithm for detecting spam in emails, called SMTP Path Analysis. The algorithm works by examining the path information (probably by looking at the Received headers), and detects patterns that are likely to be the route of a spammer. ?...the algorithm is not meticulous enough to efficiently catch spam on its own, but works well in combination with content filtering tools. "And it catches stuff that content filters can't," Engineers at ActivSoftware recently announced their new algorithm called 'slow start outbound connection ramping.' This new server technology attempts to avoid becoming flagged as spam by automatically monitoring delivery success and failure rates and adjusting simultaneous connections to an email service provider based upon those parameters. It begins with a very low number of simultaneous connections to any one ESP for any one IP address. It monitors delivery failure to success ratios and slowly ramps up the number of connections to that ESP from that particular IP. In another recent attempt to help legitimate email senders avoid becoming flagged as spammers, researchers at ActivSoftware, using a bayesian spam filter, sifted through over two hundred thousand words flowing through their email servers and itemized the top 50, or so, words most likely to trigger spam filters. The words are organized by their spam to ham ratio, or illegitimate to legitimate email ratio. The team analyzed many factors within this data, but the most compelling was the spam to ham ratios. Words such as click and here don't rank as high, since they are used often in legitimate email. Whereas words like madam, rarely found in legitimate email, while readily found in spam email, had very high ratios. Using this method the team created, what they deemed, ?A superior list of spam words.? The top twelve words follow: - homeowner - discreet - madam - materially - unclaimed - anticipates - soma - preapproved - unconditionally - beneficiary - refinance - intercourse