Received an interesting email today. Interesting because without doubt it has all the signs of a big scam. Firstly, I received it at my Yahoo! ID as a BCC. Secondly, well, the website does not exist. Thirdly, you are asked to send your details to a Live.com email address!
Here’s the email below. Please do not [...]
I use Pidgin as my primary chat client. Pidgin allows me to login to MSN, Yahoo!, Google as well Google Hosted accounts all at once, thus ensuring I don’t have too many clients running at the same time to fulfil my chatting needs.
Off late I’ve been hit by a steady and constant amount of chat [...]
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Have spent the last two week coding and was able to churn out three plugins for WordPress.
Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
Close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your post automatically at intervals set by you
TwitterCounter
Integrate TwitterCounter.com badges on your blog to display the number of followers you have on Twitter
Digg Integrate
Add a “Digg This” button to [...]
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The Yahoo! Mail Blog tells you a few methods on fighting spam in Yahoo! Mail.
The points they have covered:
Report spam using the Spam Button
Give out your email address sparingly
Don’t post your email address in public places (message boards, chat rooms)
Customize your spam settings
Use a Disposable Email Address for shopping
Read the [...]
This is a really old Gmail hack which I’m sure many of you may be either aware, or are already practicing.
Those of you aren’t aware, Gmail allows you to create unlimited email accounts by using the plus sign.
e.g. if you’re email address is username@gmail.com you can create addresses like username+techtites@gmail.com, username+ajay@gmail.com username+someothersite@gmail.com and so on.
You [...]
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With a change that is bound to effect millions of sites, all links on en.wikipedia.org articles will contain the rel=”nofollow”.
This was stated in an email from Brion Vibber to the Wikipedia mailing list.
rel=”nofollow” is used to tell search engines to not follow the link. This was an attempt to thwart link spam. However, this has [...]
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Am not going to write anything special about working with WordPress this week, as I’m really tied down by things right now.
However, let me take this opportunity to point you to an article I wrote a while back on my personal blog, on a topic that frustrates a lot of us, viz. SPAM!
Titled A Comprehensive [...]
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Are you afraid to login to you email account because of the dreaded amount of spam you see? Are you fed up of receiving tonnes of email informing you of a product you will never buy, a service you will never [...]
Their site tells you in shot what 2Prong is all about:
2Prong is the only no-click disposable email system. By simply visiting this site the above address has already been saved to your clipboard. Paste(Ctrl+V) it in any form on a website that requires email verification and when the email is recieved it will pop up [...]
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