Unsolicited email, or "spam", is more than just a nuisance. It
costs enterprises in employee productivity, bandwidth and storage.
Find out what you can do at the next ActiveState Lecture.

Speakers: Jim Dorey, Gurusamy Sarathy and Dave Sparks, ActiveState
When: June 5, 2002
Where: ActiveState HQ, 580 Granville Street
Cost: Free (no registration required)

Jim, Sarathy and Dave will examine the current trends in spam and
what the future holds regarding its impact on the Internet and its
users. See the results of our comprehensive spam surveys and learn
about the techniques that spammers use. We will explore the
application of customized, open language filters (Perl) for powerful
text processing needs that are unique for all organizations.

Spam characteristics will be examined, highlighting targets, sources,
types, and the victims of spam, some of which may be unsettling to
you.
The effects of spam - such as lost productivity, lost network
bandwidth,
and legal issues - will be illuminated.

You'll also see examples of real world, anti-spam applications of
technology.  Coexisting with the escalation of spam is the development
of innovative technology to combat it.  We'll illustrate a number of
exciting
initiatives that are gaining momentum in the struggle against spam,
and
how they can be implemented to help facilitate spam's demise.

More information on our Lecture Series is available at
http://www.ActiveState.com/LectureSeries

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