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Should You Participate In Net Filter Trials?

3:00PM Angus Kidman | Now that Optus has joined the government’s controversial mandatory Web filtering trial , a lot more people are potentially going to be included than with the original list of small ISPs. But with Optus offering an opt-out option, the question arises: should you say yes or no if you get asked to participate? More »

Filter Spam Based on Language Keywords?

4:00AM Gina Trapani | Besieged by spam, reader Nick writes in: You know how so many spam messages have Chinese or Russian writing in them? Well, what if one sets up a filter in Gmail to remove all messages containing common Chinese or Russian words? I’m trying to do that now, except I don’t know Mandarin for “the” — I’m just finding short words. An undocumented Gmail advanced search operator lets you narrow down messages by language—using lang:Chinese for example—but several readers report the results are inconsistent and often imperfect. Do you filter email based on language? How do you do it? Help Nick out in the comments. More »