Why Am I Getting All This Spam?

Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk. "UCE" refers specifically to unsolicited commercial e-mail.

Every day, millions of people receive dozens of unsolicited commercial e-mails (UCE), known popularly as "spam." Some users see spam as a minor annoyance, while others are so overwhelmed with spam that they are forced to switch e-mail addresses. This has led many Internet users to wonder: How did these people get my e-mail address? Our analysis indicated that e-mail addresses posted on Web sites or in newsgroups attract the most spam. Web Sites - CDT received the most e-mails when an address was placed visibly on a public Web site. Spammers use software harvesting programs such as robots or spiders to record e-mail addresses listed on Web sites, including both personal Web pages and institutional (corporate or non-profit) Web pages.

In India people give advertisement in the newspapers regarding matrimonial purposes and many did compliant that they are getting response from brokers direct via email and they want to register with them its also a spam and one can complaint it.

• • USENET newsgroups -- Newsgroups can expose to spammers the e-mail address of every person who posts to the newsgroup. Newsgroup postings, on average, generated less spam than posting an e-mail address on a high-traffic web site. In our study, we discovered that most newsgroup-related spam is sent to the address in the message header, even if other e-mail addresses are included in the text of the posting.
• For the most part, companies that offered users a choice about receiving commercial e-mails respected that choice. Most of the major Web sites to which we provided e-mail addresses respected the privacy choices we made -- when a choice was made available to us.
• Some spam is generated through attacks on mail servers, methods that don't rely on the collection of e-mail addresses at all. In "brute force" attacks and "dictionary" attacks, spam programs send spam to every possible combination of letters at a domain, or to common names and words. While these attacks can be blocked, some spam is likely to get through. In many cases, spam generated by these attacks will be directed to shorter e-mail address (like bob@domain.com) before it is directed to longer addresses (like bobwilliams@domain.com).

Christian Estrosi and Jacques Peyrat

Christian Estrosi and Jacques Peyrat
Focus - Christian Estrosi, Secretary of State for Overseas invested by the UMP, share favorite. He wants the council to pull Jacques Peyrat, elected to the right.

In the fifth largest city in France, is a battle that promises to be right between Christian Estrosi, invested by the UMP, and the present Mayor Jacques Peyrat determined to retain his seat.

Estrosi, Secretary of State for Overseas is the favorite in polls widely distance rivals, the outgoing édile, ex-FN and the Socialist German Patrick. The priorities of the candidates differ little: revitalize the city's image, make housing more accessible, improve local services and the quality of the environment. The city is deeply rooted right: there has been no left-wing mayor since 1947.

Arch Zoe: grace in "less than a month"

The fighting in early February, between the Chadian armed forces and rebels in N'Djamena, the capital, and in Massaguet, a city in the same region, were "around 700 dead" the majority of them civilians, "said Chadian President Idriss Déby, in a broadcast interview, Thursday, March 6, France 24. Mr. Déby suggested that neighbouring Sudan was "in the process of equipping (the rebels) with new weapons (...) to prepare for attacks."


Arch Zoe: grace in "less than a month"

The President Idriss Déby said during his interview at France 24, that he planned to pardon in "less than a month" six French of the Ark of Zoe, having "found a solution" to the question the compensation for the families of 103 Chadian children. "I spoke with President Sarkozy. He said he was going to attend," said the head of state.

Members of the association were sentenced Dec. 26, 2007, by the Chadian justice, to eight years' hard labour before being transferred to France. The grace of President Déby is the only possibility for them to obtain a speedy release. -- (AFP.)
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Mr. Déby has denied the arrest by the Chadian forces of two opposition leaders. "Neither Mr. nor Mr. Yorongar Ibni Oumar (Mahamat Saleh) have been arrested by the army," he said before adding: "The presidential guard had something else to do."

The remarks by the Head of State opposed to those of Mr. Yorongar who arrived Thursday in Paris from Cameroon, told the press how he was arrested on February 3 at his home by several armed soldiers "before being led into a" secret prison (installed) in a small military camp "in the capital.

Incarcerated, chains on his feet, Mr. Yorongar be held incommunicado for more than two weeks before being released on February 21, after having been the subject of a mock execution in a cemetery in N'Djamena. Mr. Yorongar then managed to join the Cameroon.

The opponent Chad was also convinced qu'Ibni Oumar, a former minister, a time detained in the same jail that he had died, "unless a miracle." But Mr. Yorongar has no formal proof of death.

One of the children Ibni Oumar, Hicham, based in France, is, however, convinced that his father is still alive. "We know that my father was arrested by men of Déby. Superior officers told us he saw him in premises of the presidency. He was tortured and beaten, but we think it is still alive," 'he says.

The son of the opposing party, which was received in mid-week by President french Nicolas Sarkozy, said he was confident that "France was aware of the arrests by the regime." She knew their whereabouts. " French''continues to exist.

Manifestation of Jews ultraorthodoxes on Thursday night in Jerusalem.

The council of the UN Security did not reach a common text vote to condemn the suicide attack, greeted with joy in Gaza. The big concern is for the peace process.

The attack Thursday evening in Jerusalem has attracted a large and strong condemnation in the international community, with the exception of anti-Israeli organizations, Hamas in the lead. A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry believed that the bomber had wanted "to kill the chances for peace." The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, also condemned the attack as President George W. Bush, but also London, Madrid and Paris. Nicolas Sarkozy Friday condemned "in the strongest terms" attacks "cowardly and barbaric". The day before, the french minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard Kouchner, had said that France, "despite the violence, which are also an attack against peace" calls for "the continuation of the negotiation". The announcement of George W. Bush, however, did not say anything about the peace talks. He however indicated his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: "I told him that the United States stood firmly beside Israel in the face of this terrible attack". Note that the Democratic candidates at the investiture in the upcoming American elections, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, also condemned the attack.

Tensions at the United Nations

The only false note came from the United Nations, where, despite the condemnation of Secretary General of the organization Ban Ki-moon, the Security Council, meeting in emergency, was unable to agree on a text condemning attack . And because of opposition from Libya, according to statements by the American ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad. "The delegation, with the support of two others, did not want to condemn the attack itself, it has tried to link other issues," he said, explaining that such a link was his eyes unacceptable.

The explanation Libyan reluctance is linked to the refusal of the Security Council last Saturday, to adopt a text drafted by Libya and wishing hard in terms condemn the attack by Israel in the Gaza Strip. The Council had nevertheless condemned such violence but in different terms.

The ambassador said Russia have proposed, in his capacity as chairman of the board, "a formula that would have expressed the deep concern of the Council to the loss of civilian lives caused by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and condemned at the same time this terrorist attack" . But that was not enough.

The representatives of Israel and Libya then exchanged words very hard. The Israeli ambassador, Dan Gillerman, referring to the Security Council infiltration by "terrorists". "We do not need a certificate of good conduct from the terrorist regime of Israel," replied a representative of Libya. The latter claimed to have insisted on "a balanced text condemning the killings in Gaza at the same time as the killings in Jerusalem."

In Gaza, the attack was greeted with cènes joy. Abu Zouhri, a spokesman of Hamas, held the "heroic" attack. This attack constitutes "normal response to the crimes" and "killing of civilians committed by Israel", he said.

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The Israeli president Shimon Peres will arrive in Paris on Monday

The Israeli president Shimon Peres will arrive in Paris on Monday for a state visit by five days, the first state visit to France made by a president abroad since the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, announced Friday the Elysée.

The Head of State will receive his Israeli counterpart Monday at 17.00 for an interview, which will be followed that evening by a "state dinner," said David Martinon, spokesman for the Elysee, during his point weekly press.


"This visit is the first state visit by a foreign head of state in France since the election of President Sarkozy," said Mr. Martinon.

According to him, "the president has given this honour to be accorded to the President of the State of Israel in order to reaffirm the strength of the friendship between our two countries and our two peoples".

"It will also be a personal pleasure for the president to welcome Mr. Peres he knows well, having met on several occasions, and for which he has great respect and admiration," at he added.

"The president will testify once again Shimon Peres of his admiration for the man of peace and reconciliation that has not ceased to be and for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, "according to the Elysée Palace.

It "redira Peres to the president that, in this context, it is more necessary than ever to continue negotiations because, beyond bilateral relations, the question of stability of the Middle East will obviously be at the centre of discussions", also claimed Mr. Martinon.

For the Elysée Palace, "the solution to this conflict can only be political."

"The feeling (of Mr Sarkozy) is that the best response to the terrorist attack (in Jerusalem on Thursday) is to revive the peace negotiations in order to achieve as quickly as possible the creation of a viable Palestinian state, condition for a lasting peace in the region, "also stated the spokesman.

Eight Israeli teenagers, students from a yeshiva-west of Jerusalem, were shot dead Thursday night by a Palestinian from East Jerusalem who fired on them with an automatic rifle. The attack also wounded ten.

MM. Peres and Sarkozy must usher in a whole on March 13 the Salon du Livre de Paris whose guest of honour this year is Israel.

Bertrand Delanoe, "Mayor free" and without centrist allies?

Two days from the first round of municipal elections, the possibility of an alliance in Paris between the left and the MoDem away, Bertrand Delanoe playing at the same time its independence in the capital and its uniqueness within the Socialist Party.

Encouraged by polls that give it between 41% and 43% in the first round, Sunday, the outgoing mayor has hammered all week his intention to be a "mayor free".

"It is more important to m'allier Parisians with that thinking about anything else," he assured Thursday night during its last meeting before the first round, in the twenty-second district.

If he has repeatedly called foot to the electorate centrist, Bertrand Delanoe has always warned that it would not change position between the two towers and that the agreement should therefore be established before the first round.

Hence a tone that rises in the final straight.

MoDem should the "truth" in Paris and in the name of democracy, we must disclose before March 9, the mayor insists that the lists are already PS, PCF, and PRG MRC but not the Greens, outgoing allies, which Autonomous lists in all districts.

The offer of "partnership" made Tuesday by Marielle de Sarnez leader MoDem Parisian, was rejected the following day. "Too many tactical ability," Bertrand Delanoe decided.

"He has a vested interest in what it overturned and that it is the fault of MoDem" analysis of a deputy mayor post. On the one hand it preserves its image as a man open on the other it does shocked person in the Socialist Party.

This decision is a manifestation of "realpolitik" advocates a socialist candidate. "You can not have a group of eight or ten advisers who jump to the rope at all times, a shot to right, a shot to left."

"His DÉMARQUER" ROYAL

Bertrand Delanoë, a great success in Paris put in orbit in a party that should change direction in the fall, does not want to insult the future.

An alliance PS-MoDem in due form the would succeed where Royal failed between the two rounds of presidential election, with his "hand" to Francois Bayrou.

If there is no reconciliation, Bertrand Delanoe preserves its capital sympathy to the left of the party in view of the forthcoming congress.

Henri Emmanuelli said Wednesday on i-TV "its understanding" that there would be no alliance at the centre in Paris after a meeting of the National Bureau of the PS yesterday.

Although "on the merits, Delanoe is centro-compatible (...) he chose to stand out from Royal", which aims to lead the PS, said a national secretary.

"He wants to demonstrate that we can maintain a city that was right for a hundred years without returning to what is the essence of the PS and its strategy of alliances," he says.

The analysis also MoDem course. Bertrand Delanoe is stuck, forced to take to reverse the patent compatibility with the MoDem "issued by Royal last May, says there in the entourage of François Bayrou.

After a cold winter and numerous attacks, the mood has significantly warmed between Socialists and Greens. Two meetings were held to prepare for the negotiations on Sunday.

There are "many more points of convergence than of cleavage, it is a matter of slider," they say in the vicinity of Denis Baupin, a leading environmentalists Paris.

Between PS and MoDem, "we talk once Parisians have spoken," said a centrist party. "No condition" was convened to an agreement, reported mid-week Patrick Bloche, campaign manager for Bertrand Delanoe.

Geert Wilders: "The Islamic ideology is fascist"

Geert Wilders: "The people are equal. But not all cultures are equal. "
Geert Wilders: "The people are equal. But not all cultures are equal. "Photo credits: AFP
Threatened assassination since 2004, the leader of the Freedom Party reclusive lives, protected by bodyguards, changing location every night. The fight against Muslim immigration and Islam is his obsession.

LE FIGARO. Have you measured the consequences of your film, for you and your country?
Geert WILDERS. Nobody is as much as I aware of the threat. But if I had to stop, I would have done three years ago. I lived in prisons, military barracks, and the pressure has grown in recent months. But I am an elected official and I lead my struggle under the banner of the law. If I had to give up what I think, the opponents of democracy would have won.

Your country has been alarmed by diplomatic and economic fallout that might cause your movie.
My film is not yet released, nobody has seen, but already condemned the muftis, predicted that the blood will be paid, the Arab countries threaten the Netherlands embargo! And my country, rather than asking a few imams to remain silent, rather than recalling our democratic principles and freedom of expression, by a ridiculous and shameful admission of weakness, yields to the threat and our embassies prepares for the worst !

In your Islamic values and democratic values are irreconcilable, irreparably. How the Netherlands can they integrate their Muslim population?
I do not want more new immigrants. I have nothing against individuals, but we have a problem with Islamic Ideology. I do not want to refer those who are here and want to assimilate, but I tell them to get rid of this ideology, which I described as fascist.

What is the choice you offer a Muslim Dutch?
It is true that according to the Koran, this book terrible, you can not give up being Muslim. Less than risking death. If they want to call themselves Muslims, new Muslims or as they want, it does not bother me. What I care about is that they are separating part of this violence and intolerance which is in the Koran.

Do you think that the provocation and slogans to piecemeal make it happen?
Unlike the others, we, Freedom Party, we do not mâchons our words. One million Muslims for 16 million Dutch, too. We are the only ones to rise against Muslim immigration, the projects of mosques, Koranic schools. Some say they also want to deny the cultural relativism. But I say this more clearly: my culture is better than Islamic culture. We do not treat women, homosexuals, political relations in society, as this culture delayed. Individuals are equal. But all cultures does not apply.

Do you really fear for your identity and the identity of the Netherlands?
I truly believe that our freedom is threatened by what I call the Islamic tsunami. If in the future, Muslims approaching or entering a majority in the Netherlands, we will lose everything why we fought: our democracy, our freedom, our laws. The chauvinism is not a dirty word.