Yahoo Plagued By Slow E-Mail

Yahoo Plagued By Slow E-Mail

A small security firm in Iowa says it has discovered why Yahoo's email is sometimes slow. An analysis of Yahoo Inc. mail servers found that they were only able to accept email about half the time on average, making it likely that email was taking longer than normal to deliver, the security firm said Friday.

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-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 14 2006


Symantec Gets In The Ring With Spam, Zero-Day Threats

In a sign that it has finished integrating the technology from its June 2004 acquisition of BrightMail, Symantec on Monday will reveal plans to roll out an e-mail security offering next month that guards against spam and viruses while mitigating the dangers of zero-day exploits.

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-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 17 2006


AOL Accused Of Blocking Critics' Emails

A coalition fighting AOL's upcoming pay-to-send email service claimed Thursday that the company was blocking delivery of emails that included a link to the group's Web site.

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-read full story from messagingpipeline.com, April 13 2006


Review: Symantec Eyes Total E-Mail Security

For many businesses, e-mail has become the communication of choice. Unfortunately, e-mail has also become the communication of choice for schemers, hackers, advertisers, virus writers and so many others, which saps the efficiency of email for legitimate use.

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-read full review from messagingpipeline.com, April 17 2006


Google unveils enterprise applications search with big-name backing

Consumer search darling Google shared the stage with a gaggle of prominent enterprise application vendors Wednesday to announce Google OneBox for Enterprise, a new feature that will enable the company's Google Search Appliances to do real-time searches on business applications.

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-read full story from InfoWorld.com, April 18 2006


OECD urges more international cooperation on spam

Governments need to pass more antispam laws, give law enforcement agencies more resources and work better across borders to combat unsolicited e-mail clogging up inboxes, an international economic group said Wednesday.

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-read full story from InfoWorld.com, April 19 2006


Yahoo mulls free Wi-Fi for its IM users

Yahoo is considering giving users of Yahoo Messenger free access to tens of thousands of Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide so they can engage in instant messaging, including voice communications, while unplugged from their regular home or office Internet connection.

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-read full story from InfoWorld.com, April 19 2006


Microsoft updates SQL Server database
The company on Wednesday said Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 includes new database mirroring tools and closer ties to SAP's NetWeaver software. Microsoft has also updated its free version of SQL Server 2005.
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-read full story from ZDNet.com, April 19 2006