Resources

General Spam Resources
TrueCost.pdf	A PDF version of the True Cost of Spam article that looks at the true cost of spam to a typical New Zealand SME.
Avoid_Spam.pdf	PDF document containing tips for minimising Spam
Dept of Internal Affairs	A Link to the New Zealand Government Dept of Internal Affairs Anti Spam page.
Digital Kiwi Ltd	A link to Spam Gate's parent company, Digital Kiwi Ltd. Digital Kiwi provide general IT Services to SMEs in the greater Auckland area.
Privacy Rights Clearing House	This is a link to the spam information page of the Privacy Rights Clearing House. It's a US based site but has lots of useful information that is relevant to New Zealand.
Spam Stop	InternetNZ's online spam resource


Spam Gate Specific Resources
SpamGateSelfInstall.pdf	A PDF document containing the Spam Gate self installation instructions
NewUserGuide.pdf	Basic information about Spam Gate that you can send to your users.
SGPressRelease	Press release announcing the launch of Spam Gate
Video Script	Script of the video clip on the home page

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David Smith. Advocacy Chambers.

Don't post your email address on websites, forums, mailing lists, etc.
Create a disposable email address at a free provider such as gmail.com. If you are required to provide an email address to join a forum, etc, use this address instead of your real one.
When posting, obfuscate your address so that it is still readable by a human, but not easily recognisable as an email address by a spider. e.g. info at spamgate dot co dot nz.
Don't ever reply to spam, or click on any links in spam emails - if possible, don't even open them.
Don't ever buy anything from a spammer - their offer is probably a scam, and it only encourages them.
Have good anti virus software, and have your computer's firewall turned on.
Beware of phishing schemes - these are attempts by crooks to get you to give them sensitive personal information. Be very wary of any email that appears to come from your bank, and if you're told you've won a large sum of money it's almost certainly a scam.