SPIM - IM Spam needs to be canned...

[hostmedic]

Instant Messaging Spam: (SPIM)
adapted from an article in Network World

Instant messaging has long been used by the corporate environment - however a new use has emerged. Spammers from long ago are now "Spimming" their havok across the internet.

While the Spim isn't even close to the headache as is spam for most corporate users - Spim is beginning to show its ugly head on network resources - especially at the university level.

From what I have read - Microsoft does not track the amount of SPIM which traverses across its global IM network - MSN Messenger, nor does most of the IM applications on the net -
Yahoo currently reports that SPIM accounts for less than 2% of traffic which traverses across its global IM Network Yahoo Messenger.

I am wondering how many persons here in the Webproworld community have had issues with SPIM...

I use IM everyday - from my cell phone, to the board room - however I have found that many of my larger clients are reluctant to place an IM service in place - due to this very issue (or the fear thereof)

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[Toni Kingo]

Hope at the end of the tunnel ?

A danish company (SCR) has given us a prototype of their product, Stone Mail, for testing. It is a secure mail system, doing hard encryption without these complicated certificates, and also it stops spam completely. I don't know if others than I have fought a bitter fight for years now with spam and mail intruders, but my fight has ended. They have promised to be out around November 2004 with a final release of their Stone product, so look out.

We have so far, by use of their mail server, stopped all spam, for the last 3 months, without stopping normal mails to us. We had to change a few things on our homepage, but that was all.

OK, most of you have probably found your own and good solution to the Spam problem, but I am just so happy, and want to share our happiness with the rest of the webproworld.

All the best
Toni

[mushroom]

I have no issuses with Instant Messaging Spam: (SPIM) because I will NEVER use Instant Messaging.

[netman4ttm]

I haven't seem spimming.

I use ICQ, so the question is 'is this unigue to AOL Yahoo or am I just lucky?'

[wenwilder]

Spim all depends on your settings. If you allow yourself to be searchable within the profiles or to receive messages from people NOT within your list, you're likely to receive Spim.

I've been using Yahoo, MSN and ICQ for years and when I first started using them I would recieve Spim. Now I don't add anyone I do not know and I don't accept messages from people not on my list.

Most of your Spim is directed at new users - it's pretty simple to do a search for new users through most of the programs. I know yahoo use to notify you if someone set up a new profile - I'm not sure they do that any more.

I'd rather use IM's over the phone any day, but then I'm not a phone person :)

[pedstersplanet]

I have no issuses with Instant Messaging Spam: (SPIM) because I will NEVER use Instant Messaging.
Yahoo Messenger springs to mind here....... Thats y I never use the stupid thing.... Too many damn BOTS advertising porn stuff..... I hate Yahoo at the best of times.

As for ICQ - well, thats a security issue within itself! Theres tools to hack your password, get your IP, plus others.

I only use MSN Messenger 24/7 - thank god it doesnt use offline messages - and even then I block all other users.

So MSN gets my thumbs up!

PS. Spam mail is getting worse, there should be a law over here in England to sue the originators... Even Email Marketing emails - as if I wanted stuff, I use a Search Engine to find what I want. True?