Canning Spam

Proposed Solutions to Unwanted Email

Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Gabrielle Bloom

ResearchPosted on rand.org 2005Published in: IEEE Security and Privacy, v. 3, no. 2, Mar./Apr. 2005, p. 40-47

Unsolicited email is a major problem for anyone who transmits or receives email on a computer, telephone, or personal digital assistant. This article describes the magnitude of the problem, the reasons for proliferation, some interventions available today, and the degree to which each has been effective.

Read More

Topics

Document Details

  • Copyright: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2005
  • Pages: 8
  • Document Number: EP-200503-17

This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations.

RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.