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Spam surge raises fears of junk mail assault

...last a few days. This may be attributed to one such spike," Matt Sergeant, senior anti-spam technologist at Messagelabs, told ZDNet UK. "Generally these... Read more

11 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Major spike in spam containing shortened URLs

...found some method of automating the creation of these short URLs," said Matt Sergeant, a senior antispam technologist at MessageLabs. The many URL shortening services... Read more

8 July, 2009 by Elinor Mills

Spam volume rises despite hosting-company closure

...flat until a few days ago when they started climbing up, said Matt Sergeant, senior anti-spam technologist at MessageLabs, now owned by Symantec. Since... Read more

27 November, 2008 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft enforces its anti-spam tech

...for example, a university alumni account, the Sender ID check fails," said Matt Sergeant, a senior antispam technologist at MessageLabs. The Internet Engineering Task Force... Read more

23 June, 2005 by Joris Evers

And on the eighth day, the Lord created spam

...ideals. "It's on the rise for a number of reasons," said Matt Sergeant, anti-spam technologist for MessageLabs. "It is exempt from spam laws... Read more

19 November, 2004 by Dan Ilet

Spammers use your cat's name to sell you Viagra

...send the information back to the spammer. MessageLabs' senior anti-spam technologist Matt Sergeant said the spam target is more likely to open an email... Read more

22 June, 2004 by Munir Kotadia

MessageLabs tagged as a 'spammer'

...but this kind of action is vital to protect members from spam." Matt Sergeant, senior anti-spam technologist at MessageLabs, suggested this was a freak... Read more

7 July, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

Mail filtering firm MessageLabs blocked by AOL spam filters

...but this kind of action is vital to protect members from spam." Matt Sergeant, senior anti-spam technologist at MessageLabs, suggested this was a freak... Read more

7 July, 2003 by Will Sturgeon

Short URLs on spammers' hit-lists

...all spam caught in the company's spam trap, according to MessageLabs. Matt Sergeant, a senior anti-spam technologist at MessageLabs, said: "Usually when we... Read more

8 July, 2009 by Elinor Mills

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