Vol
Apr 2008
VI/2
BiznetNews
Quarterly Newsletter for Biznet Customers & Partners
City
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Nowadays, Internet has played an important role in our daily life, it’s not just for business but also for personal communications. Biznet realized that the need for high p e r f o r m a n c e a n d r e l i a b l e Broadband Internet service as well affordable price are becoming requirement for everyone. Internet has become part of our daily life.
With those requirements, we looked
at our service portfolio and we would like to position Biznet MetroNET service, our broadband service for small medium business becoming cheaper at the same time still delivering performance and reliability of the service. Starting from 1 February 2008, priced B i z n e t M e t r o N E T 2 5 6 K b p s a t Rp.1,000,000/month. Biznet MetroNET packages are available from 512 Kbps to 5 Mbps, depending on the customer requirement and budget. Biznet Metro Monthly Promo provides 4 units iPod Nano and 1 unit LCD TV 32” from Feb to Dec 2008 for new or upgrading customer subscribing to Biznet Metro’s services.
MAX3 Internet, which positioned for residential users, also being upgraded from existing 5 Mbps to 10 Mbps of true broadband speed. MAX3 is the fastest broadband Internet service in Indonesia.
MAX3 is available in several areas like Cipete Utara, Melawai, Kramat Pela, Cilandak, Bangka and few others.
Biznet Surabaya Branch Office starts operation as of 14 March 2008, with office located in Surabaya CBD area. Our Fiber Optic Network is under construction in there as well, expected to start operation in several buildings in Surabaya by in April/May 2008. If you have requirement for Broadband Internet Service or Leased Line Service, please contact your Account Manager. You can expect the same quality of service and performance like what we have delivered in Jakarta.
Thank you for the continuous support and trust you have given to us. We will continue to improve our services and coverage area to serve you better. Warm Regards, Adi Kusma President Director adi_kusma@biznetnetworks.com
WELCOME LETTER
INDEX EDITOR HEAD OFFICE BALI BRANCH WELCOME LETTER 2 PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT 3 BIZNET METRO BUILDING COVERAGE AREA 6 BIZNET METRO FTTH COVERAGE AREA 10KNOW OUR STAFF 11
BIZNET METRO PROMO WINNER 11
TIPS & TRICK 12
HOTNEWS 13
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Quarterly Newsletter for Biznet Customers & PartnersSURABAYA BRANCH
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Biznet InterCity
Next Generation InterCity Network
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
Biznet InterCity Network provides connectivity between
major cities located in Indonesia. These cities are
connected with high capacity Fiber Optic Network
Infrastructure to support data, voice and video
transmission.
Starting mid January 2008, Biznet has started another new innovative project called Biznet InterCity. Biznet InterCity Network provides connectivity between major cities located in Indonesia. These cities are connected with high capacity Fiber Optic Network Infrastructure to support data, voice and video transmission. In current initial project, Biznet will connect from Serang (Banten) to Bandung (West Java) with high capacity and high performance Fiber Optic Network.
Biznet Networks represents one of the industry's most advanced deployments of digital optical technology, it allows us to upgrade the network capacity and offers a broader range of higher speed data transport services to content providers, enterprises, and service providers.
Biznet InterCityWAN Service
Biznet InterCityWAN Service is an inter city loop service offered by Biznet using NG SDH (Next Generation Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) equipment to support SDH and Ethernet based service technology. It supports point to point and hubbed configuration options across a wide range of bandwidth options and interfaces.
Proven Performance
Biznet InterCity provides you with a superior network design to deliver top performance network. We guaranteed 99.8 percent Service Level Agreement (SLA) uptime with the lowest packet loss and latency.
World-Class Premiere Care
Biznet Premiere Care is the heart of our proactive support service to our customer. Network performance constantly monitored 24x7 at Biznet Global Network Operating Center facility in Jakarta, Indonesia. With multiple support level system to ensure all the issues resolved quickly and effectively to minimize downtime for you and your customer satisfaction.
Biznet InterCity Network is using
the latest Next Generation -
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
(NG-SDH) equipment from Nokia
Siemens Networks with 10 Gbps or
STM-64 capacity, that support both
traditional SDH/TDM and Ethernet
packet based services.
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
Biznet InterCity
As one of the leading telecom infrastructure company in Asia, Biznet offers Global IP Transit with redundant equipments, ultra high speed connections to all the major Internet backbones and Internet Exchanges, and ensuring routing and bandwidth allocation available at all time. Biznet Global IP Transit is the best choice for you and your customers.
Biznet Global IP Transit services provide direct connection to multiple Global Tier 1 Internet Providers and leading Internet Exchanges in the world. Using our service removing the hassle to negotiate direct peering agreement with major content providers in Asia, Europe and USA.
Proven Performance
Biznet Global IP Transit provides you with a superior Internet experience. We guaranteed 99.9 percent Service Level Agreement (SLA) uptime, the lowest packet loss and latency, direct connection to major Internet Exchanges in the world using multiple submarine cables as redundancy. Many telecom carriers, ISPs and enterprises have been using this network since year 2000.
World-Class Premiere Care
Biznet Premiere Care is the heart of our proactive support service to our customer. Network performance constantly monitored 24x7 at Biznet
Global Network Operating Center facility in Jakarta, Indonesia. With multiple support level system to ensure all the issues resolved quickly and effectively to minimize downtime for you and your customer satisfaction.
Global POPs Location
Biznet GlobalPOP located in Jakarta Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo Japan, Seoul South Korea, Palo Alto USA and London UK. Biznet is actively expanding our GlobalPOP coverage.
Biznet Global IP Transit Service is available for ISPs, Telecom Operators and Mobile Operators who need Tier 1 Internet Bandwidth capacity. Service capacity available from 10 Mbps to unlimited bandwidth with attractive pricing. If you are interested with this service, please contact our Carrier Relation Team via email
carrier@biznetnetworks.com.
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
Biznet Global IP Transit Service
Biznet Global IP Transit Service
is available for ISPs, Telecom
Operators and Mobile Operators
who need Tier-1 Internet
Bandwidth capacity.
1 Bank Resona Perdania Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 40 41 Now 2 Chase Plaza Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 21 Now 3 Gedung ASEAN Jl. Sisingamangaraja 70A Now 4 Gedung BRI 1 Jl. Jend. Sudirman 46 48 Now 5 Gedung Panin Bank Jl. Jend. Sudirman No 1 Now 6 Gedung Panin Bank Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 1 Senayan Now 7 Graha Niaga Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 58 Now 8 Mayapada Tower Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 28 Now 9 Menara Batavia Jl. KH. Mas Mansyur Kav 126 Now 10 Menara Sudirman Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 60 Now 11 MidPlaza 1 & 2 Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 10 11 Now 12 Permata Bank Tower Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 27 Now 13 Plaza Asia Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 59 Now 14 Plaza Bapindo Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 54 55 Now 15 Plaza DM Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 25 Now 16 Plaza Lippo Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 25 Now 17 Plaza Sentral Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 47 Now 18 Prince Center Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 3 4 Now 19 Sahid Boutique Office Jl. Jend. Sudirman No 86 Now 20 Sampoerna Strategic Square A & B Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 45 46 Now 21 Senayan City Boutique Office Jl. Asia Afrika Lot. 19 Now 22 Sentra Senayan I Jl. Asia Afrika No 8 Now 23 Sona Topas Tower Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 26 Now 24 STC Senayan Jl. Asia Afrika Pintu IX Gelora Bung Karno Now 25 Summitmas 1 & 2 Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 61 62 Now 26 Wisma 46 Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 1 Now 27 Wisma BCA Jl. Jend. Sudirman Now 28 Wisma Bisnis Indonesia Jl. KH Mas Mansyur No 12A Now 29 Wisma BNI'46 Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 1 Now 30 Wisma Bumiputera Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 75 Now 31 Wisma Dharmala Sakti Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 32 Now 32 Wisma Kyoei Prince Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 3 4 Now 33 Wisma Metropolitan 1 & 2 Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 29 31 Now 34 Wisma Nugra Santana Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 7 8 Now 35 Wisma Standard Chartered Bank Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 33A Now 36 Wisma Sudirman Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 34 Now 37 Wisma Tamara Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 24 Now 38 World Trade Center Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 29 31 Now
Sudirman Area
Office
39 Apartemen Pavillion Jl. KH Mas Mansyur Kav 24 Now 40 City Lofts Sudirman Jl. KH Mas Mansyur No 121 Now 41 Istana Sahid Apartment Jl. Jend. Sudirman No 86 Now 42 Plaza Residences Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 10 11 Now 43 Senayan City Apartment Jl. Asia Afrika Lot. 19 Now 44 Sudirman Mansion Apt Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 59 Now 45 Hotel Sultan Jl. Jend. Sudirman Now 46 Inter Continental MidPlaza Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 10 11 Now
No
Building Name
Address
Availability
Hotel & Apartment
Sudirman Area
Shopping Mall
Sudirman Area
47 City Walk Sudirman Jl. KH Mas Mansyur No 121 Now 48 Plaza Senayan Jl. Asia Afrika No 8 Now 49 Senayan City Mall Jl. Asia Afrika Lot. 19 Now 50 Sudirman Place Pintu Satu Gelora Now
51 Century Tower Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav X2 Kav 4 Now 52 Ebenezer Building Jl. Setiabudi Selatan No.1 Now 53 Gedung Granadi Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav XI Now 54 Gedung Lina Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav B 7 Now 55 Gedung Tira Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav.B 3 Now 56 Gedung Wahana Tata Jl. HR Rasuna Said C 4 Now 57 Gedung Wirausaha Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav. C 5 Now 58 Graha Ekonomi Jl. Setiabudi Selatan Kav. 7 8 Now 59 Graha FCB Jl. Setiabudi Selatan No.10 Now 60 Graha Irama Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav X 1 No. 2 Now 61 Graha MIK Jl. Setiabudi Selatan Kav. 16 17 Now 62 Graha Paramitha Jl. Denpasar Raya No. 8 Blok D 2 Kav 8 Now 63 Graha Surya Internusa Jl. HR Rasuna Said St. Kav X 0 Now 64 Mega Kuningan Kantor Taman A9 Jl. Mega Kuningan Lot 8 9 Now 65 Mega Kuningan Kantor Taman E.33Jl. Mega Kuningan Lot 8.6 8.7 Now 66 Mega Kuningan Menara Anugrah Jl. Mega Kuningan Lot 8.6 8.7 Now 67 Mega Kuningan Menara Danamon Jl. Prof.Dr.Satrio Kav E4/6 Now 68 Mega Kuningan Menara DEA Jl. Mega Kuningan Barat IX Kav E4.3 No 1 Now 69 Mega Kuningan Menara Prima Jl. Mega Kuningan Now 70 Mega Kuningan Plaza Mutiara Jl. Lingkar Mega Kuningan Kav E1 2 No 1 2 Now 71 Mega Kuningan The East Jl. Mega Kuningan Now 72 Mega Plaza Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav C 3 Now 73 Menara Duta Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav B 9 Now 74 Menara Gracia Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav C 17 Now 75 Menara Imperium Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav 1 Now 76 Menara Kadin Jl. HR Rasuna Said Blok X 5 Kav.2 3 Now 77 Menara Karya Jl. HR Rasuna Said Blok X 5 Kav 1 2 Now 78 Menara Kuningan Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav X 7 Now 79 Plaza Centris Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav B5 Now 80 Plaza Great River Jl. HR Rasuna Said Block X 2 No. 1 Now 81 Puri Matari Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav H1 2 Now 82 Wisma Bakrie Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav B 1 Now 83 Wisma Budi Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav C6 Now
Kuningan Area
Office
BIZNET METRO BUILDING COVERAGE AREA
84 Four Seasons Residences Jl. HR Rasuna Said Now 85 Puri Imperium Apartment Jl. HR Rasuna Said Kav 1 Now 86 Four Seasons Hotel Jl. HR Rasuna Said Now 87 Mega Kuningan JW Marriot Jl. Lingkar Mega Kuningan Kav E 1.2 No 1&2 Now 88 The Park Lane Jakarta Jl. Casablanca Kav 18 Now
Hotel & Apartment
Kuningan Area
89 Bangkok Bank Building Jl. MH Thamrin No. 3 Now 90 Deutsche Bank Building Jl. Imam Bonjol No. 80 Now 91 Exim Melati Building Jl. MH Thamrin Kav. 8 9 Now 92 Gedung E Trade Jl. Wahid Hasyim No 55 Now 93 Gedung Jaya Jl. MH Thamrin No 12 Now 94 Gedung Sarinah Jl. MH Thamrin No 11 Now 95 Menara BDN Jl. MH Thamrin No. 5 Now 96 Menara Cakrawala Jl. MH Thamrin No. 9 Now 97 Menara Kebon Sirih Jl. Kebon Sirih 17 19 Now 98 Menara Thamrin Jl. MH Thamrin No 3 Now 99 Oil Center Building Jl. MH Thamrin No 55 Now 100 Plaza BBD Jl. Imam Bonjol No. 61 Now 101 Plaza BII Jl. MH Thamrin No. 51 Now 102 Plaza Permata Jl. MH Thamrin Kav 57 Now 103 Wisma Antara Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan No 17 Now 104 Wisma Kosgoro Jl. MH Thamrin No 53 Now 105 Wisma Nusantara Jl. MH Thamrin No 59 Now
Office
Thamrin Area
Hotel & Apartment
Thamrin Area
106 Nikko Hotel Jakarta Jl. MH Thamrin No 59 Now
107 Balai Kartini Jl. Gatot Subroto No 37 Now 108 Cyber Building Jl. Kuningan Barat No 8 Now 109 Gedung Adhi Graha Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav 56 Now 110 Gedung Citra Graha Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav. 35 36 Now 111 Gedung Nucira Jl. Let. Jend. MT. Haryono Kav 27 Now 112 Gedung Samudera Indonesia Jl. Letjen S. Parman Kav. 35 Now 113 Gedung Tifa Jl. Kuningan Barat No 26 Now 114 Gedung Toto Jl. Tomang Raya No. 18 Now 115 Graha BIP Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav 23 Now 116 Graha Pratama Jl. Letjen MT. Haryono Kav 15 Now 117 Korean Center Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav 58 Now 118 Menara Jamsostek Jl. Gatot Subroto No 38 Now 119 Menara Supra Jl. Letjen S Parman Kav 76 Now 120 Patra Jasa Tower Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav 32 34 Now 121 Plaza Mandiri Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav. 36 38 Now 122 Wisma 76 Jl. Letjend. S. Parman Kav 76 Now 123 Wisma 77 Jl. Letjend. S. Parman Kav 77 Now 124 Wisma Aldiron Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav 72 Now 125 Wisma Korindo Jl. MT Haryono Kav 62 Now 126 Wisma Millenia Jl. MT Haryono Kav 16 Now 127 Wisma PEDE Jl. MT Haryono Kav 17 Now 128 Wisma Sejahtera Jl. Letjend. S.Parman Kav 75 Now 129 Wisma Slipi Jl. Letjend. S.Parman Kav 12 Now
Office
Gatot Subroto Area
BIZNET METRO BUILDING COVERAGE AREA
Hotel & Apartment
Shopping Mall
Hotel & Apartment
Gatot Subroto Area
Gatot Subroto Area
132 Jakarta Design Center Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav 53 Now
133 Arkadia Office Park Jl. TB Simatupang Kav 88 Now 134 Beltway Office Park Building A & C Jl. TB Simatupang No 41 Now 135 Gedung Lintas Arta Jl. Let. Jend. TB Simatupang Now 136 Gedung Otomall Jl. TB. Simatupang Kav 1S Now 137 Gedung Prasetya Mulya Jl. RA Kartini Now 138 Gedung Trakindo JL Cilandak KKO Raya Now 139 Gedung Ventura Jl. RA Kartini 26 Now 140 Graha Elnusa Jl. TB Simatupang Kav 1B Now 141 Graha Satria Jl. RS Fatmawati No 5 Now 142 Grha Asuransi Astra Jl. TB Simatupang Kav 15 Now 143 PT. ODG Wormald Indonesia Jl. TB Simatupang 150 B Now 144 Ratu Prabu 1 Jl. TB. Simatupang Kav 20 Now 145 Ratu Prabu 2 Jl. TB. Simatupang Kav 18 Now
Office
TB Simatupang Area
BIZNET METRO BUILDING COVERAGE AREA
No
Building Name
Address
Availability
130 Apartemen Palm Court Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav. 26 27 Now 131 Apartment Slipi Jl. Let. Jend. S. Parman 22 24 Now
146 Apartemen Cilandak Jl. Cilandak I No.27 Now 147 Apartemen Parama Jl. TB Simatupang Now 148 Arkadia Office Park Jl. TB Simatupang Kav. 88 Now
TB Simatupang Area
149 Cilandak Commercial Estate Jl. Raya Cilandak KKO Now
TB Simatupang Area
Industrial Estate
150 Gedung BMG Jl. Angkasa 1 No 2 Now 151 Gedung Kwarnas Jl. Merdeka Timur No 6 Now 152 Gedung Oleos Jl. Warung Jati Barat 1 Now 153 Gedung Tetrapak Jl. Mampang Prapatan Kav 100 Now 154 Gedung Victoria Jl. S. Hasanuddin Kav 47 51 Now 155 Graha Atrium Jl. Senen Raya No 135 Now 156 Graha Darya Varia Jl. Melawai Raya No. 93 Now 157 Graha Inti Fauzi Jl. Buncit Raya No. 22 Now 158 Graha Iskandarsyah Jl. Iskandarsyah No 66C Now 159 Graha Kapital Jl. Kemang Raya No 4 Now 160 Graha Mobisel Jl. Mampang Prapatan Raya No 139 Now 161 Hayam Wuruk Office Jl. Hayam Wuruk No. 108 Now 162 Menara BTN Jl. Gajah Mada No 1 Now
Office
Other Areas
Office
No.
Building Name
Address
Availability
163 Menara Citibank Pondok Indah Jl. Metro Pondok Indah Kav. II/BA No. 1 Now 164 PT. Toyota Astra Motor Jl. Yos Sudarso Now 165 Rukan Bumi Harmoni Jl. Majapahit No 30 Now 166 Rukan Majapahit Jl. Komplek Majapahit Permai 18 22 Now 167 Rukan Wijaya Grand Center Jl. Wijaya II Now 168 Wisma BSG Jl. Abdul Muis No 40 Now 169 Wisma Daria Jl. Iskandarsyah Raya No 7 Now 170 Wisma Hayam Wuruk Jl. Hayam Wuruk 123 Now 171 Wisma Iskandarsyah Jl. Iskandarsyah Raya Kav 12 14 Now 172 Wisma Mampang Jl. Mampang Prapatan Raya No 1 Now 173 Wisma Pondok Indah 1 & 2 Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda V TA Now 174 Wisma SMR Jl. Yos Sudarso Kav 89 Now
Apartment & Shopping Mall
Other Areas
175 Apartment Golf Pondok Indah Jl. Metro Pondok Indah Now 176 Glodok Plaza Jl. Pinangsia Raya No 1 Now 177 Pondok Indah Mall 1 & 2 Jl. Metro Pondok Indah Blok 3B Now
Other Areas
BIZNET METRO BUILDING COVERAGE AREA
BIZNET METRO FTTH COVERAGE AREA
For updated coverage area, please visit www.biznetnetworks.com.
Postal
Code City Sub District Area Availability
10120 Central Jakarta Gambir Kebon Kelapa Now 10160 Central Jakarta Gambir Petojo Selatan Now 10320 Central Jakarta Menteng Pegangsaan May 2008 10340 Central Jakarta Menteng Kebon Sirih Now 10350 Central Jakarta Menteng Gondangdia Now 10730 Central Jakarta Sawah Besar Mangga Dua Selatan May 2008 14350 North Jakarta Tanjung Priok Sunter Jaya May 2008 12110 South Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Selong Now 12120 South Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Gunung Apr 2008 12130 South Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Kramat Pela Now 12150 South Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Cipete Utara Now 12160 South Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Melawai Now 12160 South Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Pulo Apr 2008 12170 South Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Petogoan Mar 2008 12180 South Jakarta Kebayoran Baru Rawa Barat Mar 2008 12210 South Jakarta Kebayoran Lama Grogol Utara Mar 2008 12430 South Jakarta Cilandak Barat Cilandak Now 12560 South Jakarta Pasar Minggu Cilandak Timur Mar 2008 12730 South Jakarta Mampang Prapatan Bangka Now
For MAX3 updated coverage area information, please visit www.max3.co.id
KNOW OUR STAFF
Massigit Dian Santosa joined Biznet on March 2006 as Customer Care. Sigit was transferred to Technical Support in January 2007, then in August 2007 he’s been assigned as Project FTTH Engineer. Through hard work and dedication, Sigit is now responsible for managing d a y t o d a y o p e r a t i o n o f B i z n e t F T T H Infrastructure, surveying, designing and supervising Biznet FTTH network infrastructure project. He also need to support and lead implementation of Biznet's growing network infrastructure.
Sigit, the father of three children, likes to go hiking and traveling during his free time. Besides his hobbies, he likes to improve his technology & networking skill using e learning on the Internet.
He hopes that someday Biznet will reach its vision & mission. He also dreams that eventually
Massigit Dian Santosa
Project FTTH Engineer
Biznet can go international and become the next generation telecommunication provider for business users and residential in Asia Pacific.
massigit_santoso@biznetnetworks.com
Conforama IHTM Vietnam
BIZNET METRO PROMO WINNER
iPod Nano
LCD TV 32”
1. David Ramsay
2. PT. Pasifik Satelit Nusantara 3. PT. Kreativa Sugitama
4. Mr. Thomas Ashmed Merton Vigors
February 2008
March 2008
1. PT. Dwidaya Worldwide 2. PT. Jababeka
3. PT. BFI Finance Indonesia Tbk. 4. PT. Tridaya Semesta
PT. Natrindo Telepon Selular
iPod Nano
TIPS & TRICKS
Email -- we love to get personal email. We need to
get our business email. But, do we need to get all
the junk emails, too?
Back in the early 1990's, I remember checking my
email one morning and finding a really neat one --
some creative computer science student from
Hawaii had sent me his résumé. It took me a little
while to figure out what had happened. This was
my first-ever piece of spam. This kid had sent his
résumé to everyone who had posted a message to
any of the Usenet comp.sys.ibmpc newsgroups.
Even after I knew what he did, I thought it was cool.
Not too long after that, though, was the start of the
most prolific Usenet spam -- the "green card
lottery" spam.
Fast forward to 2005: I now receive about 250-300
emails per day, and it seems like 50% of them must
be spam. Our ISPs can help, but, as users, we also
have ways to control this.
First, never open or "preview" the junk email (with
Outlook and Outlook Express, the "preview pane"
actually opens the email in an embedded Internet
Explorer window, which is probably one of the
worst things you could do from a security point of
view.)
Second, never, ever, click on the link in the spam
email if you do open it.
Third, never, ever, ever buy the product advertised
through spam. Spammers send millions of emails,
hoping that even a tiny percentage of recipients
will buy through their advertisement. If people
refuse to buy the products advertised with spam,
then the spammers will give up!
What else can you do? One control system you can
use is a program called Mailwasher. With
Mailwasher, you preview the sender and subject of
emails before you actually download the emails
from your ISP. Then, you can delete the junk emails
before they are sent to you. The power of
Mailwasher, though, is that you can cause
Mailwasher to bounce the email back as if your
email address did not exist. If you are lucky, your
bounces cause the bad guys to take you off their
list.
Outlook has its own "junk filter" system built in;
however, I have heard mixed reports on its
effectiveness. Some other email programs also
have built-in junk filters. My choice is a free email
“classification program” called PopFile, that
handles spam/junk email as well as classifying
any other type of email you want to identify -- such
as "work," "computer tips," and "hobby." PopFile
works in conjunction with "rules" that you create
in Outlook & Outlook Express, also known as
"filters" in other programs like Eudora, to
segregate spam from the good stuff.
By default, PopFile will add "[spam]" to the
beginning of the subject line of a message that it
thinks is spam. Then, you can use the rules/filters
to say "if the subject contains [spam], put this
email in the junk folder." After training -- you have
to train any anti-spam system to tell it what you
think is spam -- PopFile on my computer has
averaged 99.45% accuracy since I reset the
statistics in May, 2004 -- that's on over 165,000
emails!
Y o u c a n d o w n l o a d P o p F i l e a t
http://popfile.sourceforge.net. It is free to use and
free to share. PopFile works with Outlook, Outlook
Express, Eudora, Thunderbird and other POP3
email programs.
HOTNEWS
16-17 Jan 2008
Graha Pratama19-20 Jan 2008
Apartemen Slipi30-31 Jan 2008
Graha Elnusa & Menara Supra9-10 Feb 2008
Apartemen Parama20-21 Feb 2008
Gedung Victoria & Wisma Slipi3-4 Mar 2008
Wisma Hayam Wuruk5-6 Mar 2008
Wisma Sejahtera12-13 Mar 2008
Graha Iskandarsyah & Wisma Korindo
