The book s content deserves the widest possible circulation, no matter whether your platform of choice is a Mac, PC or Unix workstation. Most of us know by now that Spam isn t just a Hormel canned meat product. Today, spam also means any kind of unrequested, unwanted e-mail or newsgroup article sent in bulk over the Internet.
Some people merely regard it as a nuisance.
Unfortunately, Internet spam is much more than that. Spam is not something we can eliminate simply by clicking on delete. It poses a serious problem for the cyberspace community, one we should all recognize and work to combat. Authors Alan Schwartz and Simson Garfinkel have done an excellent job of explaining how and why spam is a major headache. More important, they describe practical ways in which individuals and organizations can use to combat this insidious menace.