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Vendor Spam: Data Center Airflow

Next up in our vendor e-mail series is a company that wants 15-20 minutes to meet and discuss their innovative data center cooling solution:

Good morning. Yes, I would be happy to meet with you! My billing rate for such a discussion is typically $150/hour. However, given the agreeable and gregarious nature of your inquiry, I [...]

Vendor spam: Let me tell you about our QA practice

Unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) isn’t limited to just penis enlargement and viagra sales pitches. In the IT world, there are a number of ways that your e-mail address can be added to vendor mailing lists. For example, conference organizers gets sponsors for their events by providing the contact information of their attendees. This would be okay [...]

The Seven Deadly Sins of Spam

This may be obvious, but most if not all spam, scams, phishing, social engineering, chain letters, urban legends, and cons exploit the same basic weaknesses in human nature. The so-called 7 deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.