Akismet is probably one of the best WordPress plugins out there. Since my first installation of Akismet, 14,732 spam comments have been caught and eliminated. Today, Akismet 2.2 was launched and along with the usual bug fixes, came stats. The stats provide you with a graph showing how much spam was caught per day and a yummy pie chart with spam vs. ham! Personally, I would have called it nifty pie chart, but whatever, this is so geeky; I love it!

Email marketing is one of the most cost effective medium of promotion. Sending out a newsletter builds client rapport, creates credibility and allows you to sell additional products and services to your existing client base.
The growing concern for spam has resulted in stringent anti-spam filters and strict rules and regulations by email service providers for delivering emails to their users. Thus with these new measures how can you be sure that your newsletter doesn’t end up in the junk filter?
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Email has forever changed the way in which we communicate. Unfortunately, keeping up with the amount of Spam can be frustrating and time consuming. Although there is no easy solution, the following tips can help you fight the Spam arms race.
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