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Lame spam of the day: Meeting invitation from George Adoo

Robert Weiner

This spam arrived in the form of a meeting invitation. My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn''t seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin filter on my mail server. Scam Spam' I''m not sure if this one is lame (the subject, text, and double salutation are certainly lame) or clever.

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AI for Social Media: Supercharge Your Copy, Images & Videos

Forum One

We’ve already seen high-profile malicious uses of deep fakes and Generative AI also makes it easier for users or bots to create spam messages and misinformation at scale. Think about these factors—audience, timing, content, and placement—and where AI can boost your efforts.

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Email is dead … long live Email?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. I decided it was time to do a roundup of the discussion and collaboration alternatives that exist at this point. 8) Diaspora: Diaspora is a Facebook alternative.

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10 Ways To Segment Donors To Improve Nonprofit Fundraising Effectiveness

TechImpact

This means that email campaigns lacked creativity, personalization, and users felt like they were receiving a spammed message, not a message that was sent specifically for them. The study substantiates the claim by stating that”declining response rates illustrate a saturated channel with non-differentiated messaging and campaigns.”.

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Clearing the Air On Texting Changes

M+R

In 2020 this helped get tons of voters registered and out to vote…but it also led to consumer complaints about being spammed with too many texts. Talk with your digital team about alternate ways you could reach your supporters digitally—starting with relational organizing or social media. The Bottom Line: Think Holistically.

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Addressing Accessibility in Social Media

NTEN

If you have ever implemented a web submission form on your site, you quickly realized that without spam protection your environment was vulnerable to unwanted content. Many sites implement a CAPTCHA system to filter out spam robots, but quite a few systems use only visual-based tests, which aren’t accessible.

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10 Best Practices for Email Security

Tech Soup

Stop Spam & Phishing Emails. Spam is not only a nuisance; it can also pose security risks. To prevent this from happening, set an email policy to block large emails and notify the sender, providing alternate methods for sending large files. In the worst case, a large email attachment can bring a whole network to a halt.

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