Email & Instant Messaging

A new variant of the MiMail worm, which is disguised as a message from online payment vendor PayPal, is spreading fast, according to security experts.

The future of email as the dominant form of electronic communication and collaboration is becoming less certain due to rising spam and instant messaging usage, according to a new study from IDC. With more than 500 million business email us...

The Director of the State Records Authority of New South Wales has issued a directive to the State's public sector records managers recommending that public offices implementing Microsoft Office 2003 should block the use of the controversi...

Australia and Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to combat spam.

Business solutions provider Norada has announced its arrival on the Australian market with a products that it says eliminates the threat of viruses in mail systems.

It's a case of 'same again, and then some' for IBM in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Government having signed an agreement with the vendor to extend its commitment to using Lotus Notes and Domino Server software for another five years throug...

In the week that Microsoft's MSN operation announced that it was to close its chatrooms in Australia and around the world as a result of their increasing use for criminal activity, particularly from paedophiles, the Australian Broadcasting...

An Internet worm, known as Swen, is spreading rapidly, with email filtering company MessageLabs reporting over 35,000 interceptions in the space of 24 hours.

Australia took a step closer to becoming the first nation to introduce anti –spam legislation, following the tabling of a Bill in the House of Representatives.

Storage management software provider Legato Systems has signed an agreement with IBM which enables IBM to sell Legato's messaging products, EmailXtender, EmailXaminer and DiskXtender 2000.

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