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Webguardian - A nonprofit Internet watchdog, providing protection and advice for consumers and reducing Internet crime and fraud.
Network Abuse Clearinghouse - A database of addresses for reporting Internet abuse.
ScamBusters - Monthly e-zine about recognizing, preventing and fighting all types of fraud, misinformation and abuse perpetuated with the help of the internet.
X-Stop, The Internet Filtering Company - X-Stop allows homes and schools to provide safe Internet access and corporations to manage their employee's Internet usage.
Internet Fraud Complaint Center - Easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation.
Cyber Law Enforcement - A network of law enforcement officers who specialize in cybercrime investigation and training. Cover child pornography, cyberstalking, cyberscams and fraud online.
Online Harassment - Addresses safety issues associated with using the Internet. Offers ways to prevent becoming a victim and how to get help if this occurs. Related links and articles.
E-mail Abuse - Track e-mail abusers scan for viruses and avoid becoming a victim.
Net Abuse FAQ Index - A collection of Frequently Asked Questions related to net abuse, including spamming and e-mail scams.
Abuse.com - Resource guides and bulletins for combatting Internet-related abuse
Composing a Useful Abuse Report - What to include, what to omit, and who to send it to.
Mail Abuse Prevention System - MAPS aims to defend the Internet from spammers by educating ISPs and providing real time blocking lists of known spam sources.
Stop Spam Now - A collection of links to other anti-spam websites.
Fight Spam on the Internet - Laws, anti-spam information, and links to other resources.
The Spam Tools Mailing List - List for developers of tools to prevent spam.
Stop Spam Now - Introduction of an anti-spam e-book about how to recognize and filter spam.
Spam statistics - Spam statistics from one person's mailbox.
Limiting Unsolicited Bulk Email - Anti-spam resources include papers examining the problem of bulk e-mail and links to other organizations.
O'Reilly Stop Spam - Links to books and interviews about stopping spam.
Vote against SPAM! - A European anti-spam petition.
Stop Spam - A collection of resources to fight spam.
SpamJamr - Provides information to aid in understanding the problems and issues related to junk email.
spamNEWS - ISP Complaint Addresses - Contact information for many major ISP's, as well as an indication of how spam-friendly they are.
That Pesky and Obnoxious Spam - Witches against spam. Article about spam laws.
The Spam Letters - Replies to spam, organized by category.
Spam-l - Spam-related mailing list.
MegaDog's Anti-Spam Zone - Addresses spam-fighting concerns with technical tips, resource links, and humor
The Campaign to Stop Junk Email - Strategies and tactics to deal with and prevent junk e-mail.
How to Complain About Spam - Contact information for complaining about spam to authorities.
ChooseYourMail - Forwards spam to federal authorities and provides tips for preventing spam.
Jraxis.com - Lists 'spammer kill records' and has links to spam information
The Email Abuse FAQ - Information on spam, including how and to whom to respond.
News.Admin.Net-Abuse.Email FAQ - Answers to a selection of frequently-asked questions about spam, and the newsgroup.
Lambic House Anti Spam pages - Some advice on dealing with unwanted spam, some spam haiku, and the spammy quotes archive
E-Mail Spamming countermeasures - General information on preventing and filtering spam.
How To Fight Spam - A collection of links and tools to assist in the fight against spam.
Get the Spammers - Contact information for some spammers.
Junkbusters Junk Email Headlines - Information about preventing and tracking spam and overview of spam laws.
Death to Spam - Techniques to deal with unwanted e-mail
Curt West - Description of spam, contact information for some ISPs, and free e-mail.
Spam Fighting Tips, Tricks and Secrets - Dealing with unsolicited email messages.
alt.spam FAQ - Instructions for tracing e-mail and filtering.
Behind Enemy Lines - An account of one individual's fight against a group of spammers.
The Story of "Nadine" -- A Tale of Mailing Lists - Account of what happened after an Internet user accidentally gave a wrong email address when she visited a web page and signed up for a sweepstakes.
Spamradio - Turns junk email into streaming audio broadcast.
Spam (Unsolicited Bulk Email), Antispam, and Related Matters - Data on and analysis of spamfighting-related matters.
Deekoo.net Hates Spam - Some information, statistics, and case files in dealing with a select group of spammers.
Spam Links - Organized collection of links all about unsolicited bulk email (spam).
Yahoo Anti-spam Club - A Yahoo Club for the anti-spam community. Publicly-viewable group discussion, news and links.
Fight Spam Message Board - Place to share tips and vent frustrations.
Anti-Spamming Act - List of contact information of spammers
Anti-Spammers Photo Gallery - Picture gallery of spam fighters on new.admin.net-abuse.email newsgroup.
Unsolicited E-Mail (SPAM) Issues - Links to anti-spam tools and resources.
Dave's Anti-Spam Page - Spam Statistics, links to tools and other anti-spam sites
As The Spamhaus Turns - Profile of prolific spammer Tom Cowles, Empire Towers, Leverage Communications
Junk E-mail and Spam - Information on deciphering spam, complaining about it, and filtering e-mail.
Deadbeats' Hall of Lame - Lists spammers who sent e-mail (at least twice) to the webmaster of this site.
ScamBuster's Stop Spam - Editors of Internet ScamBusters present tips and resources to reduce spam.
Dougal's War Against Spam - Links, tools, and philosophy about fighting spam.
Unsolicited E-mail Statutes - Links to legislation governing unsolicited email.
Direct Marketing Association E-Mail Preference Service - Allows consumers to indicate that they wish to reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail, or spam, that they receive.
Elsop's Anti-Spam Page - Links to anti-spam sites and legislation.
Cost Those Spammers Money - toll-free phone numbers of spammers.
What is Spam? - Answers your questions on why spam is bad and how to stop it.
Spam, Scams and Relevant Resources - Links to resources on preventing and tracking spam.
Historical Spam Museum and Archive - Collects and preserves spam on the remote chance that it may be of value to future net.archaeologists.
Spam and the world will Spam with you - Argues that spam is not a problem and should be promoted.
Anti Spam Site - A collection of links to anti-spam resources.
Anti-UBE/UCE Page - Tips and resource links to help fight spam.
Stop Messenger Spam - Software to stop messenger spam and Windows pop-up spam. Tutorials on how to manually disable messenger spam are also available.
Exposing Spammers: The Anti-Terry Brown Page - Details an individual's experience with e-mail spam and cyberstalking. Also includes anti-spam and anti-stalking links.
SpamArchive.org - Database of known spam to be used for testing, developing, and benchmarking anti-spam tools. Accepts user contributions.
Spam Conference - Held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Site includes news, abstracts and webcasts of talks, and schedule.
EmailAbuse.org - Tips to help identify and report email abuse.
SamSpade.org - Software tools for tracking spam.
How to Interpret Email Headers - Instructions for interpreting e-mail headers.
SpamCop - Will help find the sender of a spam and an address to send a complaint to.
UXN Spam Combat - A collection of anti-spam tools and information.
Stop Spam FAQ - How to find a spammer and how to respond to spam.
net.demon - Downloadable software to trace the sender of an e-mail and locate the spammer's real web site.
The Spamhaus Project - Tracks known Spam Support Services and lists the ISPs who keep organized spamming alive; includes news, block list and ROKSO, the Register Of Known Spam Operations.
Reading Email Headers - An in-depth analysis of how e-mail is sent and how to read its headers.
Spam Tracking Page - Comprehensive collection of tools to help track spam.
Adcomplain - A Perl script to automate spam complaints.
Fighting E-Mail Spammers - Instructions for telling fake e-mail headers from real ones, and how to find the right person to complain to about spam.
Anti-spam: AOL edition - A page for AOL users to help combat the threat of spam
The SPAM-L FAQ - Tracking Spam - Instructions for reading e-mail headers and complaining to the spammer's ISP.
How to read Email Headers - Instructions for tracing e-mail headers to locate bulk email spammers and their ISPs.
SpamX - Blocking, Tracking and Reporting - New technology is 99% effective in blocking spam and allows single click reporting. Works with existing POP3 email account(s) and runs locally with simple setup on Mac, Windows and almost any other computer.
IP and Spam Tracking - Detailed tutorial to help trace the cause of spam.
Fighting Spam Article by OpioN - Basic information on tracking source of spam.
iNetCheck - Spam tracking tools
SpamFilter: Report Spam Plugin - SpamFilter quickly tracks spam source and easily helps send complaints.
Stopping Email Spam - Instructions for sending complaints to ISPs about spam.
eMailTrackerPro - Helps identify the true source of e-mails, to help identify and report spammers. Analyzes e-mail headers and provides the IP Address of the machine that sent the e-mail.
Fakemail: Identify Forged Emails - How to identify if an email has been forged or spoofed using a fake mailer.
Spam Delenda Est - Steps for tracking spammers and getting their accounts revoked.
Spam Tracking Page - Statistics for spam received by posting to various newsgroups
JMHO on Spam - Resources for tracing and reporting spam.
What to do about Unwanted/Offensive Email - Explains in detail how to track and complain about spam.
Spam Identifier - Tools for identifying the source of spam and reporting it.
Unsolicited E-mail - Other Articles - A collection of articles about spam legislation from The John Marshall Law School.
spamNEWS - A daily journal of aggregated news articles about junk e-mail and internet marketing.
Spam Progress Report - Plus Spam-Busting Tips and Tools. Includes a progress report on anti-spam initiatives, from legislation to vigilante groups. [ZDnet]
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-Spam and Junk Email - A collection of recent newswire articles about spam legislation.
Schpider - News aggregator.
Unwanted E-mail Fills Computers - Some users get `hit' thousands of times. [The Denver Business Journal]
Spam Me - Editorial with tips to fight spam. [Washington Post]
Spam bombers - Tired of receiving dozens of get-rich-quick offers and promos for "bulk mailers" in your e-mail? Meet the software designers who have made it all possible. [Salon 21st]
Pro-spam Hacker Reported - A mysterious hacker has come to the defense of much-hated junk emailers, allegedly targeting sites and people who are against spam. [CNET.com]
Three ways to spamproof your in-box - PROBLEM: You're drowning in unsolicited e-mail messages. SOLUTION: Filter your incoming e-mail, contact your Internet service provider, and hunt down the culprits. [CNN]
Would you accept spam in exchange for lower Net costs? - Would you cheerfully open your e-mail in-box to all the spam you can stand in exchange for a cut-rate ISP account? [CNN]
On the beat with the Internet spam cops - [CNN]
E-mail overload drives many users bananas - Try to imagine your e-mail in-box accumulating 300 to 600 messages - not while you are away on vacation, but every day. [CNN]
Political Spamming - In a pioneering move that may herald the dawn of the cyber-campaign, hundreds of thousands of Californians will soon begin hearing from political candidates via e-mail.
Netcom Escapes Anti-Spam Blackhole - Until last week, many Netcom subscribers found their mail bouncing with a cryptic error. They had Paul Vixie's Realtime Blackhole List to thank. [Wired News]
I Don't Like Spam - by Jeff Johnson [CPSR]
Longmont doctoral student sues after spam attack - Look at any online newsgroup and you'll often find the topic is unsolicited e-mail, known as "spam," selling everything from health products to porn. [Boulder County Business Report]
AT&T spams Webmasters - AT&T spamed 1,000 Webmasters with unsolicited promotional email messages; they were not happy. [cnet]
Settlement In First Antispam Law - A spammer settles out of court to avoid prosecution under state anti-spam laws. [CNET.com]
ORBS antispam site shut down - The war on unsolicited email suffered a setback this week as a spam-blocking site was bounced off the Web. [News.com]
The war for your e-mail box - Do we need anti-spam laws? Some Net veterans think the unthinkable. [Salon 21st]
When is email marketing spam? - Like it or not, email is still the best way to reach a mass online audience--and even community sites and online services are willing to use it. [CNET]
Antislamming act draws fire - A House Commerce subcommittee today approved by voice vote the Consumer Antislamming Act, containing controversial provisions aimed at protecting Net users from junk email that antispammers say actually legitimize spam. [CNET]
Spammers jump gun on legislation - Spammers claim legitimacy with disclaimers that imply their mass emailings comply with the Consumer Antislamming Act. [CNET]
Settlement in first antispam law - Stan Smith of Salem, Oregon, had never heard of junk email, let alone "spam" or any laws banning it. He just wanted to spread the word about Tahitian noni juice, which he says is pretty much a miracle cure for a wide variety of ailments. [CNET]
Reward offered to find spammer - Wanted: One spammer. Reward offered. A San Diego software engineer who's had it with people using his domain name "live.net" to send out spam is offering a $100 reward to anyone who can deliver the offending parties--or at least their names--to him. [CNET]
A Spam-hating Man With a Spam-stamping Plan - Interview with David Kramer, an anti-spam crusader. [Computerworld]
Big Fine for Spamming AOL Members - AOL sues Christian Brothers for spamming. [New York Law Journal]
Direct mail double cross? - A 'Spam Summit' highlights the differences between the actions of the Direct Marketers' Association and the desires of the anti-spam community. [Salon Technology}
Antispam Group Criticizes EU Proposal - The EU declined to pass anti-spam legislation. instead supporting an 'opt-out' register. [The Industry Standard]
Who's Spamming Whom? - Several spammers talk about why they spam; a brief history of spamming. [The Industry Standard]
NSI threatens to sue Blackhole List operator - Network Solutions threatens to sue an antispam group if it adds them to a spam blacklist. [CNET]
Anti-Spammers Opt for Opt-In - A freshly launched company called Whitehat.com sets out to lead companies into marketing by email in a nice, polite way.
Yahoo curbs message board spam - Yahoo blocks access to sites advertised in spam sent to its users. [CNET]
FTC slams 'spam' - FTC study details the burden of junk e-mail. Report recommends spammers not be permitted to disguise their addresses. [CNN]
To Protest Unwanted E-Mail, Spam Cop Goes to the Source - A consultant introduces a tool to let users complain about spam to authorities. [NYT]
Online petition against Spam - Online petition by EU web users against spam. Site is German but text is English.
When candidates spam - A mass e-mailing by a New Jersey Republican stirs up an online hornet's nest. [Salon 21st]
eBetween spawning setup spam? - New technology nudges out Windows startup -- lets companies pitch services to new PC users.
Study: Spam delivers bad news for ISPs - Study shows more users than expected blame their ISPs for spam. [ZDNet]
Fuzzy 'censorship' gripes make real thing possible - An article about what free speech is.
U.S. House Committee Mulls Spam Crackdown - The U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee convened yesterday to examine ways to crack down on mass junk mailers and prevent such so-called "spam" from thwarting efforts to build consumer confidence in electronic commerce. [E-Commerce Times]
Spamming from the book is still junk - Describes "dictionary spamming" method by which spammers can guess email addresses of users on certain email providers. [USA Today]
Spam scam slams a chain of fools - Article about pyramid schemes. Includes contact information to find out more about fraud. [USA Today]
EU Says 'No To Spam, Yes To E-Commerce' - In an attempt to foster e-commerce, the European Union (EU) assembly proposed a set of rules this week that would, among other things, work toward diminishing unsolicited junk e-mail -- otherwise known as spam. [E-Commerce Times]
ISPs and Spam Enforcement... - Where CAN you go next if your ISP refuses to do something about the growing amount of SPAM in your inbox? [Slashdot]
With spam like this, who needs enemies? - Readers balk at vendors' e-mail. How NOT to promote your otherwise-respectable large PC company (InfoWorld)
Congress Takes On Spam - The e-attention of Washington lawmakers is turning to the scourge of unsolicited email. Will this result in useful legislation, or just a lot of posturing? [ISP-Planet]
Consumer watchdogs fail the Spam Test - Report on European consumer watchdog groups with no spam policies. [The Register]
EU to Restrict Use of Spam and Cookies - The European Commission is considering regulating the use of spam and cookies on the Internet. [IDG.se]
Defendant:'Internet Forgery' Isn't a Crime - A man who allegedly hijacked the computer system of a Westchester County company to send millions of come-ons to America Online customers maintains that he committed no crime. [ABCNEWS.com]
Viral marketing goes one step too far - Article about the "viral marketing" technique used by AllAdvantage.com. [InfoWorld]
Spammers Forced to Tell the Truth - A Colorado legislative committee has passed a bill that would require spammers to tag unsolicited email with a special subject line. [Wired]
Other Ways to Fry Spam - The Chickenboners and the Lumber Cartel are waging a war over your email box. [Wired]
Hotmailers Getting Fat on Spam - Ask Hotmail users about their email accounts and most likely they will gripe how impossible it is to eliminate spam. [Wired]
When You Send Spam to Yourself - Carl Toups usually doesn't blink at unsolicited junk mail in his Hotmail account, but a piece of spam recently caught his eye. [Wired]
The Congressman Who Loves Spam - H.R. 3113, which would fine spammers $500 for each piece of unsolicited junk email they send, would have passed unanimously were it not for the representative known throughout the House as "Dr. No." [Wired]
Spammer Pays Up at EBay - ReverseAuction has agreed to pay $1.2 million and to quit harvesting emails from eBay's site as part of a settlement agreement. [Wired]
Harris sues ISPs over spam blockade - Polling giant claims ISPs have been duped into blocking millions of its e-mails in an anti-spam scam cooked up by a rival. [ZDNet]
U.S. House Approves Anti-Spam Bill - The U.S. House of Representatives voted almost unanimously Tuesday that spam should be unlawful. [E-Commerce Times]
Despite Foes, Spam Thrives - Even though there are now some state laws closely regulating spamming, the practice of sending mass unsolicited e-mails has acquired a sheen of respectability, and in some quarters is enthusiastically referred to as "sending an e-mail blitz." [E-Commerce Times]
Report: E-Mail Taking Hold as E-Commerce Tool - A survey released this week by Forrester Research, Inc. reports that e-tailers are now using electronic mail as a major means of generating repeat business from customers. [E-Commerce Times]
Spam Strikes Back - Do marketers have the right to flood the e-mail boxes of unsuspecting Internet users with unwanted e-mail, otherwise known as spam? One Washington state judge has effectively said yes -- and has sparked an instant debate about the constitutionality of laws that limit the use of spam. [E-Commerce Times]
Report: E-Mail Marketing To Reach $7.3B by 2005 - Jupiter Communications released a report on Monday predicting that worldwide direct e-mail marketing will balloon from $164 million (US$) in 1999 to $7.3 billion in 2005. [E-Commerce Times]
Anti-Spam Bill Clears Key Hurdle - An anti-spam bill that could have a wide-reaching effect on online marketing is one step closer to becoming law following the U.S. House Commerce Committee's vote Wednesday. [E-Commerce Times]
Registrar Sues for Whois Spam - A domain name registrar has filed suit against a firm it claims illegally used its customer contact information in an aggressive marketing campaign of unsolicited email and phone calls. [Wired]
Setting Limits for 'Whois' Data - A dispute between a domain name registrar and a Web hosting company could set legal limits on accessing and using personal information on Internet whois databases. [Wired]
MAPS Wins First-Round in Spam Case - A judge Tuesday denied Harris Interactive's request for a temporary restraining order that would have forced anti-spam organization Mail Abuse Prevention System to remove the online researcher from its "Realtime Blackhole List." [InternetNews]
Pollster loses restraining-order request in spamming case - A U.S. District Court judge turned down a request by Harris Interactive for a temporary restraining order that would have required the company to be removed from a list of e-mail spammers while a suit it filed is heard. [Computerworld]
Judge Denies TRO to Stop E-Mail Blocking - Internet service providers may continue to use a "spam" tracker to block unwanted e-mail from the accounts of their customers, a federal judge has ruled in denying a temporary restraining order against the practice. [New York Law Journal]
The Basics - 5 biggest threats to your privacy online - Here's how to beat the hackers, snoops and spammers who want to damage your computer, steal your personal data or send you another batch of junk e-mail. [MSN MoneyCentral]
Insider slams Kiwi spam fighters - ORBS' proactive approach to fighting bulk e-mail may actually help spammers. But the group's chief critic is under the gun, too. [ZDNet]
Blocking 'spammers' can cause legal troubles - Deciding how to regulate unsolicited commercial email (aka "spam") is a highly charged issue. Governmental regulation has not gone very far in this area, so technological measures have been devised. These measures, however, have resulted in controversy and litigation. [UpsideToday]
Spam Warfare - Blacklists, lawsuits, hate sites. Bulk e-mail is never a dull business. [Forbes]
E-mail Marketers Target Spam - A group of 15 companies has announced that they will form a coalition to design e-mail standards to limit spam. Among the companies involved in the Responsible Electronic Communication. [PC World]
Spam Wars Escalate in Round Two - Attorney Pete Wellborn obtains Global Restraining Order against spammer Benchmark Print Supply, and seeks contempt sanctions. If successful this case will close down one of the most prolific US spammers. [PR Newswire]
News: Spammers Hijack ISPs To Send Bogus Campaign Ads - ClickAction Inc. is working with the FBI and several ISPs to find the source of a series of 'spam' attacks that sent bogus political campaign e-mail messages via hijacked third party servers. [Computer User]
Anti-spam groups slam RECA proposal - Privacy and anti-spam activists have given two thumbs down to the latest attempt at self-regulation by the online marketing industry. [ZDNet]
More accountability for spammers? - New e-mail marketing standards promise to balance privacy and personalization. Can the industry police itself? Will it? [ZDNet]
MSN turns users into spammers - A change of address notification for new users generates MSN Explorer endorsements to colleagues and friends. Make that former friends. [ZDNet]
New MSN feature encourages spamming friends - The latest test version of Microsoft's MSN Explorer is setting off sparks over a feature that converts MSN email accounts to Hotmail, as well as over an accompanying spam-like missive that encourages customers to send an advertisement-laden email to friends and colleagues. [CNET.com]
Microsoft to rewrite marketing labeled as spam - Microsoft today said it plans to revise a notification message accompanying a test version of its new MSN Explorer software, bowing to criticism that the feature resembles self-promoting spam. [CNET.com]
Spamming Out the Vote - As the tightest presidential campaign in 40 years enters its final weeks, both the Democratic and Republican national committees are using any and all means to drum up support -- including mass email campaigns. [Wired]
'Spammer Hammer' Pete Wellborn Crushes Benchmark Print Supply with Permanent Injunction - Spammer subject to criminal prosecution for future violations as attorney Pete Wellborn obtains broadest permanent injunction ever issued in an 'Unsolicited Commercial E-mail' case. [PR Newswire]
Mail Abuse Prevention Organization Stands Up to Giant Harris Interactive - MAPS, the anti-spam organization, will vigorously defend the law suit filed by Harris Interactive Inc. [PR Newswire]
Harris Interactive Files Suit Against AOL, Microsoft, Qwest and Other ISPs Over Restraint of Trade - Mainly an attack on MAPS, claiming that Harris are not spammers and should not be blocked.
AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed - AT&T acknowledged Thursday that it had violated its own spam policy by providing Web-hosting services to a purported sender of unsolicited commercial email. [CNET.com]
Spammers Hijack ISPs To Send Bogus Campaign Ads - Palo Alto, Calif. based e-mail marketer ClickAction Inc. today said it was working with the FBI and several Internet service providers to determine the source of a series of "spam" attacks, wherein millions of bogus political campaign e-mail messages were sent via hijacked third party servers. [Yahoo]
Oh Yum: There's More Spam - An analysis of data from an e-mail filtering firm shows that more inboxes are being targeted with more junk than ever before. [Wired]
EBay investigating spam scam - Picture this: Luxury accommodations on a world-class cruise ship. Free dinner for two. Free drinks. Las Vegas-style entertainment and dancing. Sound too good to be true? You bet it is. [CBS.MarketWatch.com]
PSINet cans spammer, pledges reforms - Attempting to distance itself from a spam controversy, PSINet cut off service to an admitted sender of unsolicited commercial email and pledged to amend its spam policy and educate its sales force. [CNET.com]
Slamming the Door on Spam - A group of large email marketing companies proposed a detailed set of privacy standards Monday, hoping the measures will amount to a sort of "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" for Internet direct advertisers. [Wired]
A Fight to Ban Cellphone Spam - Hundreds of unsuspecting AT&T wireless subscribers in April protested when spam trickled from their PCs to cellular phones. [Wired]
PSINet assailed as spam contract surfaces - Troubled Internet service provider PSINet acknowledged providing access to a sender of bulk unsolicited commercial email, bolstering critics' claims that some of the world's largest ISPs knowingly do business with spammers in violation of stated anti-spam policies. [CNET.com]
MAPS vs Exactis - Mail Abuse Prevention System lists Exactis mail servers in Realtime Blackhole List (RBL); Exactis files lawsuit. [MAPS press release]
Major ISPs Boot Spammers - As a result of intense pressure from anti-spam activists, major ISPs are taking steps to ensure their salespeople do not sign contracts with companies that send unsolicited commercial e-mail. [E-Commerce Times]
24/7 Media Snags Restraining Order Against MAPS - Ad server and technology company 24/7 Media succeeded in getting a temporary restraining order against anti-spam non-profit Mail Abuse Prevention System, on behalf of 24/7's e-mail marketing subsidiary, 24/7 Exactis. [InternetNews]
MSN Criticized For Open Spam Relays - Responding to complaints that the Microsoft Network is allowing spammers to relay junk e-mail through MSN servers, the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) has added several MSN systems to its notorious anti-spam blacklist. The action could potentially disrupt emails from thousands of legitimate MSN subscribers. [InternetNews]
Online Marketers Propose Spam Controls - In a bid to ward off U.S. government regulation, a coalition of online marketing heavyweights announced plans Monday to propose standards meant to ease consumer concerns about spam and online privacy. [E-Commerce Times]
Mega-ISPs And Spam Support - Discussion about pink contracts. [Slashdot]
Brightmail Debuts Wireless Anti-Spam 'Mailwall' - Seeking to protect wireless e-mail users from spam and viruses, Brightmail, Inc. announced the release of new software that acts as a "mailwall." [Wireless Newsfactor]
E-Mail Delays Plague Verizon Users - Company Blames Network Troubles on a Flood of 'Spam' [Washington Post]
Verio's Alleged Spam is Temporarily Canned - In a case where a U.S. District Court is upholding a registrar's right to protect people listed in its database, register.com Inc. won a preliminary injunction against Verio Inc. preventing the Web hosting company from mercilessly spamming its customers. [InternetNews]
Verizon Online Users' E-Mail Problems Persist - More than a week after its network buckled under a torrent of junk e-mail, and two days after the company vowed to fully restore service, customers of Verizon Communications Inc. yesterday continued to suffer severe problems exchanging messages over the Internet. [Washington Post]
Industry group cooks up rules for spam - Complaints about unsolicited commercial email have prompted an industry coalition to come up with standards designed to quell consumer concerns and keep regulators at bay. [CNET.com]
Study finds filters catch only a fraction of spam - Spam filters used by some popular Internet email providers weed out only a fraction of the junk they're supposed to but almost never bounce legitimate messages, according to a new study. [CNET.com]
AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed - AT&T acknowledged Thursday that it had violated its own spam policy by providing Web-hosting services to a purported sender of unsolicited commercial email. [CNET.com]
Europe to ban spam? - An influential body of data protection experts could be about to recommend that Europe bans spam. [The Register]
PSINet caught red-handed with spam contract - Stumbling ISP PSINet has owned up to a contract with a sender of bulk unsolicited commercial email - known to you and me as spam. It has long been a suspicion that some ISPs have had illicit contracts with spammers, despite a publicly stated policy against such practices. [The Register]
AOL spammer pleads guilty to forgery - A man who spammed millions of AOL subscribers with pornography and get-rich-quick schemes has pleaded guilty to second-degree forgery in a US District court. [The Register]
Spam? Not us, says 24/7 - A US District Court in Denver has issued a temporary restraining order on behalf of online marketing gurus, 24/7, against the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS). [The Register]
Verizon digs out from spam blizzard - Major American ISP and Gargantuan telecomms generalist Verizon was deluged with so much spam last week that its servers were unable to function at times, and left customers with something like a 24-hour e-mail delivery delay. [The Register]
MSN blacklisted for harbouring spammers - Microsoft's vastly interconnected ISP and portal, MSN, has become easy prey for spammers due to several poorly-protected mail (SMTP) servers to which outsiders can connect easily for a free, anonymous ride, according to a bulletin on the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) Web site. [The Register]
ISPs find spam verdict hard to swallow - Internet service providers and permission-based marketing agencies are up in arms about the government's decision not to regulate against unsolicited commercial email or spam, as it's more commonly known. [Media Guardian]
ASD.com First Company in Tennessee to Win Anti-Spamming Case; First Judgment and Award Under the Anti-Spamming Statute in Tennessee - A Tennessee company wins a lawsuit under new state anti-spam legislation.
IKEA enlists friends for email publicity - Home furnishing retailer IKEA has a new spin on spam, recruiting friends of friends to get the word out about its new store opening in the San Francisco Bay area. [CNET.com]
Study finds filters catch only a fraction of spam - Spam filters used by some popular Internet email providers weed out only a fraction of the junk they're supposed to but almost never bounce legitimate messages, according to a new study. [CNET.com]
House approves anti-spam legislation - The House of Representatives today passed the first bill that will hold email marketers accountable for the influx of bulk unsolicited email, commonly known as "spam." [CNET.com]
In Defense of Spam - No one will admit to liking spam -- the canned pseudo-meat or the unsolicited e-mail that bears its name. But despite the current efforts of governments in North America and Europe to get it back into the can, spam is destined to be, and should be, a fact of Internet life -- just like junk mail is in the real world. [E-Commerce Times]
eBay To Get $1.2M in Spam Settlement - eBay, Inc. said it will get $1.2 million (US$) under a lawsuit settlement with ReverseAuction.com, Inc., which had been accused of illegally obtaining eBay user IDs and addresses in order to send them unwanted and misleading e-mail. [E-Commerce Times]
CNET.com: AT&T admits spam offense after contract exposed - AT&T acknowledged Thursday that it had violated its own spam policy by providing Web-hosting services to a purported sender of unsolicited commercial email.
Junk e-mail eradicated? - Online marketing - sometimes called spamming - is trying to clean up its act - so don't mention the S word. [BBC News]
Evil spammers jailed for two years - Two Los Angeles men are to go to jail for their part in a bulk email scam which duped 12,000 people and severely impacted the operations of several large US ISPs. [The Register]
Spammer wrecks UUNet email service - UUNet customers have been left stranded without access to their email for the last 36 hours after the outfit took a "very big hit" from spammers earlier this week. [The Register]
What Was EBay's E-Mail Motive? - EBay is either a scheming marketing company or an innocent victim of mass paranoia launched by a well-intentioned e-mail it sent to its users. [Wired]
Infamous Spammer Spammed - In what some see as a perfect example of the evidence of cosmic retribution, an avalanche of spam has crashed British Internet service provider Pipex's servers, and stopped delivery of e-mail to its million-plus users for the past week. [Wired]
Europe bottles spam ban - A European committee has blocked plans to outlaw unsolicited commercial email dealing a major blow to anti-spam supporters. [The Register]
Fixing a Hole Where Spam Comes In - ISPs are battling rogue spammers lurking in the back alleys and hidden corners of their networks. As the fighting heats up, more and more legitimate e-mail is getting blocked along with the junk. [Wired]
Walking the Line Between E-Mail and Spam - Getting people to say yes to marketing e-mails, and then getting them the messages that are most likely to make them buy, is a thriving industry of its own. [E-Commerce Times]
EBay E-mail Makes Users 'Bidder' - Auction site eBay has apparently decided that users of its service who said no really meant yes. So, in an attempt to "help" its users, the company has informed many of them, by e-mail, that their marketing preferences were automatically being changed. [Wired]
New Battle Strategies Heat Up War On Spam - Some say the only way to stop the spread of e-mail Spam is to charge e-mail users a fee -- but the strategy has failed to stem the tide of regular junk mail. [NewsFactor]
Official: Spam costs E10 billion - Spam costs Net users a whopping E10 billion ($9.33 billion) a year, according to the European Commission. [The Register]
'Spam' Costs Internet Users EUR 10 Billion a Year - Study - Internet subscribers across the world are unwittingly paying an estimated EUR 10 billion a year in connection costs just to receive junk e-mails or 'spam', according to a study undertaken for the European Commission. [EU Business]
Europe warms to spam ban - Lobbyists for the European Internet industry believe their campaign for a ban on spam is gaining momentum. [The Register]
Spam Costs Users $9.4 Billion - Unsolicited e-mail costs Internet subscribers worldwide 10 million euros - $9.4 billion - in connection costs every year, according to a new study released by the European Union's executive arm, the European Commission. [Mobile Computing & Communications]
New Fees Expected for Online Marketing - Portals and Internet service providers (ISPs) are going to start charging online marketers for the massive volume of e-mail being sent across the Web, according to a report released Wednesday by Jupiter Research. [NewsFactor]
U.S. Gains in War Against 'Spam' Fraud - In ongoing investigations, the FTC and Project Mailbox found that many unsolicited e-mail sweepstakes offerings, travel offers and work-at-home schemes are fraudulent. [NewsFactor]
Spammer Gets Spammed - [Slashdot]
U.S. representatives mount attack on spam - A bill designed to give consumers and ISPs greater control over a flood of unwanted e-mail, commonly known as spam, was introduced Wednesday by the same U.S. representatives who sponsored the legislation in the last Congress. [CNN]
Media3 Loses Bid for Injunction Against RBL Listing - MAPS will continue to list IP addresses held by Media3 Technologies in MAPS' Realtime Blackhole List (RBL). The Federal District Court in Boston turned down Media3's request. [MAPS Press Release]
Spam Oozes Past Border Patrol - Last week, Reps. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) and Gene Green (D-Texas) reintroduced a bill they claimed "empowers consumers and their ISP with the ability to protect both their privacy and their resources" by restricting unsolicited commercial e-mail. [Wired]
MSN opts for Brightmail anti-spam defence - MSN has signed up with Brightmail to stop its email users getting spammed. The ISP will offer its five million email users in the US the option of Brightmail's Anti-Spam Solution. [The Register]
A Third of Work E-Mail Wastes Time - A new study finds at least 34 percent of e-mail messages at work contain irrelevant information. [ABCNEWS.com]
Spammers face felony charges - Californians Michael Persaud, 24, of San Diego and Frank Kriticos, 25, of Santee will answer felony criminal charges of spamming and so earn the distinction of being the first people so charged in that state, according to a story in the local Union Tribune newspaper. [The Register]
Can Spam Ever Be Stopped? - Activists decry a loophole in proposed U.S. anti-spam laws that would allow each spammer to send one unsolicited e-mail before an ISP could take action against the spammer. [E-Commerce Times]
Spam Report: U.S. Regulators Ignore Most Junk E-Mail - To date, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has only gone after spam in cases in which deceptive advertising was being prosecuted. Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) itself, regardless of its contents, has not been a target. [E-Commerce News]
Privacy advocates say amended spam bill lacks teeth - When rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) introduced legislation in February to prevent or greatly reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail, commonly known as spam, privacy advocates cheered and then lent their support. But then some trade associations complained, and shortly thereafter the bill was amended in a congressional committee, and stripped of some of its enforcement strengths. [InfoWorld]
Blocking Junk E-mail, Happy Birthday PC - In this week's Cybershake we explore how to stem the flow of junk e-mail, a new simple digital camera from Kodak, and the introduction of IBM's first PC. [ABCNEWS.com]
Euro spam vote in limbo - The European parliament has bungled its latest attempt to outlaw spam. [The Register]
E-mails laden with real news -- and rumors - The stock market was plummeting Monday. Everything was crazy. And as if that weren't enough, Salomon Smith Barney in Alexandria, Va., was inundated with strange phone calls. [USA Today]
Hackers, Spammers May Be Punished as Terrorists - Theoretically, because violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 have been included in the terrorism crackdown, hackers and spammers could be sentenced to life in prison. [News Factor]
The Register: ORBS' death - Alan Brown makes a short response to the news that ORBS is shutting down.
Wireless NewsFactor: Japanese Giant Mounts New Wireless Spam Offensive - DoCoMo said it has requested permission to block any e-mail sent to large numbers of invalid e-mail addresses.
Newsbytes: U.S. Supreme Court Won't Strike Down Washington Spam Law - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal challenging Washington state's law against unsolicited commercial e-mail, also known as "spam." The justices will allow a state superior court to hear a lawsuit against an alleged spammer.
Newsbytes: E-Mail Marketing Will Fade Away Without Consent - Report - E-mail marketing - usually thought of as unwanted or spam messages crammed into e-mailboxes - must evolve if it is to continue in the years ahead, a new report says.
Wireless NewsFactor: U.S. Legislation Targets Wireless Spam - Holt's wireless phone bill, referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, specifically prohibits the use of wireless phones' text, graphic or image messaging systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages.
Wireless NewsFactor: Cell-Phone Spam Figures in Patent Request - 'The federal E911 regulations have precipitated a flurry of privacy issues, as well as concerns that consumer wireless devices will be bombarded with unsolicited messages.'
CNN: Euro ministers agree on spam 'n' cookies - European telecommunication ministers have agreed that unsolicited e-mail and wireless text messages should be prohibited under a new data protection law.
Newsbytes: EC Lightens Spam Ban, Cookie Limit Proposals - European Internet marketing companies and e-tailers will be breathing a sigh of relief this morning, following an easing of European Commission proposals to ban spam and heavily restrict the use of cookies on the Net.
Wired: Plenty of Spam for the Holidays - Attention, spamees: Don't take your hand off the delete key. Indications are that plenty more spam is on its wa
Wired: Wham, Bam, Thank You Spam - A small claims court judge in Bellevue, Washington, awarded Bennett Haselton $2,000 for getting spam.
Wired: When Tragedy Hits, So Does Spam - Before the rubble had even stopped smoking from Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C., spammers were trying to capitalize on the tragedy.
Wired: Axed Intel Man Loses E-Mail Case - Kourosh Kenneth Hamidi remains barred from targeting Intel employees with bulk e-mail.
Newsbyte: Peacefire.org Wins Spam Suits - Bennett Haselton, the Webmaster for anti-Internet censorship Web site Peacefire.org, is the latest in a string of Washington residents to emerge victorious in small claims court by invoking the state?s new law against unsolicited bulk e-mail.
Wired: Antispam Laws: Where Are They? - Nearly 6 million people in 24 states have registered to have telemarketing calls blocked under new do-not-call laws. But that doesn't mean similar laws for spam could ever pass ... or be effective, antispam experts say.
Bill aims to block wireless junk email - In our wireless world, can solicitors find you anywhere within cell range if you have a data-ready wireless phone turned on? [CNET.com]
Hotmail spam filters block outgoing e-mail - Ben Johnson has been sending e-mail for months from his Hotmail account, but he just discovered that some of them were diverted to the trash before arriving at their destination. [CNET.com]
UK marketeers to challenge EU email ban - The British marketing industry has begun the fight back against European Union proposals to ban all unsolicited emails. [Guardian Unlimited]
Spam filters may feed Web marketing - Some popular free Web services are playing both sides of the fence when it comes to protecting consumers from pesky marketers, offering to block junk e-mail while they help advertisers push promotions into customers' in-boxes. [CNET.com]
eBay sellers say new anti-spam system is backfiring - The auction giant's new system that was designed to limit spam is forcing some sellers to weed through even more junk mail to find legitimate messages from bidders. [c net]
Apocryphal E-Mail Bedevils Va. Sender - She meant well. That's what Rose Lambert tells herself every morning when her e-mail folder begins to bulge with missives from around the globe, and she starts to slip again into her deep, private hell. [Washington Post]
Backlash for the blacklist - Skinny DuBaud's take on the demise of former spam relay blacklister ORBS. [C-NET]
CNET.com: Inside the spammer's world - Brian Livingston talks to some of the biggest junk e-mailers in the business, learning how they render software filters useless.
Anti-spam group makes up with pollster - A controversial anti-spam group agrees to remove a polling and market research firm from its database of suspected junk e-mailers. [C Net]
CNET.com: Inside the spammer's world - Recent court decisions upholding laws against unsolicited e-mails will increasingly focus attention on a few individuals who send out the majority of such unwanted advertising messages.
San Francisco Chronicle: Court upholds anti-spam law / Unsolicited e-mail not protected, judges say - In a victory to thrill anyone annoyed by the "spam" that clogs e-mail accounts, an appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of California's tough 1998 law regulating unwanted commercial messages.
USA Today: E-mail avalanche even buries CEOs Take some tips from harried chief executives who are drowning in it - In the three seconds it takes to read this sentence, more than a half-million e-mails will land in in-boxes. By 2005, nearly that many will land each second. The e-mail avalanche knows no rank.
San Francisco Chronicle: Spam going mobile - Fight is on to keep unwanted text ads off cell phones.
Newsbytes: DMA To Adopt New Rules On 'Spam,' Privacy Policies - The Direct Marketing Association next week is expected to announce sweeping changes to its policy on unsolicited bulk e-mail ? or "spam," which would require the expulsion of member companies that do not adhere to the group?s new standards.
seattlep-i.com: 'Spam' bill would require senders to include personal info - Unsolicited e-mail, also known as "spam," would become a thing of the past under a bill introduced by Sen. Bill Finkbeiner, R-Kirkland.
CNET.com: Marketing group scrapes off spam label - The Direct Marketing Association has created mandatory ground rules for members sending sales pitches via e-mail, a move designed to help avoid a government crackdown on commercial messages.
Washington Post: 'Résumé Spamming' Brings an Online Backlash - Already frustrated by unwanted sales pitches and suggestive come-ons, e-mail users now face another onslaught, this time from desperate job seekers.
ZDNet News: Spam--it's worse than ever - Do you need a penis enlargement? How about a cool million bucks, courtesy of a too-good-to-be true deal with the son of one of Nigeria's most powerful families? Anyone with an e-mail account has doubtless received sundry similar pitches. Ranging from the simply annoying to the truly bizarre, spam was bad enough a year ago; it's that much worse today.
Newsbytes: Chain-Letter Busts Kick Off FTC Crackdown On Spam - The Federal Trade Commission today launched an unprecedented crackdown against deceptive junk e-mail - or "spam.? The nascent campaign seeks to marry individual enforcement actions against spammers with a consumer outreach and education program involving several regional Internet service provider (ISP) associations.
The Sacramento Bee: 'Spam' scam crackdown - A chain-letter scheme is halted but few see a drop in the onslaught of electronic junk mail.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Deceptive chain e-mails targeted - FTC goes after spam purveyors who peddle dubious schemes.
ABCNEWS.com: Taking Spammers to Court - Bennett Haselton just received another email from someone he doesn't know, containing information he didn't request, about a service he doesn't want to hear about.
Wired: Not All Asian E-Mail Is Spam - A new great wall is being built, this time across the Internet. Constructed by frustrated systems administrators and intended only to stop spam, the wall could eventually cut off much of the e-mail communications between the East and the West.
CNET.com: Free speech or campaign spam? - California gubernatorial candidate Bill Jones is back online after his Web-hosting service shut down his campaign Internet site in protest over a mass e-mail that some outraged recipients compared to spam.
VirtualSprockets : Statement on the Recent Bill Jones Campaign Spamming - A statement concerning one of their clients, the Bill Jones for Governor campaign, and their disregard for normal rules of conduct on the Internet by spamming through a Korean open relay server.
Wired: Candidate: Spam in Every Pot - A supposedly Internet-savvy Republican candidate for governor of California, one of the few states with an anti-spam law, isn't campaigning against unsolicited e-mail -- he's sending it. Bill Jones' campaign sent out thousands of unsolicited e-mails this week, urging California voters to vote for Jones next Tuesday. According to posts in newsgroups and discussion lists, Jones has spammed twice before, once in December and once in January.
Wired: China Sweet, Sour on Spam - Delegates at the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress roundly criticized Western systems administrators that are blocking all e-mail from China as a means to stop spam, but they also called for new laws to make sending spam illegal in China.
E-Commerce News: FTC Shuts Down 9-11 Spam Scam - The U.S. District Court ordered the immediate shutdown of a Web site owned by a European spam outfit for bilking more than $1 million from customers, Federal Trade Commission officials announced Monday.
Internetnews: FTC Plans Crackdown on 9-11 Spam - Spam is one of the Internet's dirty little secrets, and it's bad enough when your mom gets targeted with porn stuff and get-rich quick schemes. But the people who prey on the public selling worthless products related to the events of Sept. 11 are among the lowest of the low.
Internetnews: FTC to Pursue Deceptive E-mail Advertisers - The Federal Trade Commission is planning to announce a series of actions against suspected spammers in coming weeks.
Internetnews: It's All Perfectly Illegal - The seven werpetrators agreed to settle charges that they were spamming consumers with deceptive chain letters. Financial terms of the settlements were not disclosed.
Newsbytes: California Law Firm Tests State Spam Law Limits - California's largest law firm is suing e-mail marketer Etracks.com in a case experts say could test the limits of the state's laws designed to curb junk e-mail.
Wired: Spam Showdown at Battle Creek - The small city of Battle Creek, Michigan, wants to lock up an anti-spam activist who it believes crashed its mail server. Never mind that the town government was using a buggy version of the Lotus Domino e-mail server, and that newer releases have fixed the problem. And never mind that anti-spammers may have been conducting a routine scan for possible sources of bulk e-mail.
Newsbytes: Anti-Spam Advocate Wins Big In Small-Claims Court - A small-claims court in Washington state has ordered three direct marketers to pay $1,000 apiece for violating the state?s laws against unsolicited junk e-mail, or "spam."
MSNBC: Yahoo! sneaks in yet more spam - When Yahoo's instituted a privacy policy change this week, the firm reset all users' prefences so they would receive marketing pitches from the firm.
CNET.com: Yahoo users fume over "spam" switch - Some Yahoo members on Friday reacted angrily to changes in the Web portal's e-mail marketing practices, comparing the company's revised policy to an open invitation to spam.
The Industry Standard: AOL says lawsuit closes a spammer's loophole - The settlement that America Online extracted from a pair of Florida men last week may have closed a loophole used by spammers to flood e-mail in-boxes with junk mail.
The Age: The dangers of spam SMS - You can get paid to receive ads on your mobile, but it might burst the spam dam, writes Nicole Manktelow.
Wired: The Law Is Going After Spam - Spam and Internet fraud -- the twin plagues of the information age -- are getting stepped-up attention from federal and state agencies that say more joint effort from law enforcement groups is needed to curb the scourge that is online swindling.
Newsbytes: AOL Says Spam Case Victory Sets 'Landmark' Precedent - Officials at America Online believe the Internet giant's legal victory over a large "spam" distributor lays the groundwork for other Internet providers to more effectively combat unsolicited e-mail on their own networks, an AOL spokesman said Wednesday.
CNET.com: Is your e-mail watching you? - Watch out--the spam choking your e-mail in-box may be loaded with software that lets marketers track your moves online, and you may not even be aware that you've been bugged.
Christian Science Monitor: War on e-mail spam ratchets up in courts, legislatures csmonitor.com - A lawsuit against spam on the Internet is part of a larger effort to control the proliferation of unsolicited e-mail.
Mercury News: Good laws would limit junk, yet protect free speech - Spam, the junk e-mails pitching herbal Viagra, mortgage re-financing, pornography and countless other products and services, is flooding the mailboxes of millions of Internet users. Studies suggest the volume of spam has grown fivefold in the last year alone. Spam is more than an annoyance; it costs millions to users, businesses and Internet service providers. Unless stopped, the utility of e-mail itself could be threatened.
Mercury News: The ethics of spam: `There's lots of money in it' - A profilic spammer tells why he does it.
Mercury News: Weak anti-spam laws make fighting back hard - Everyone says they're getting more spam. But weak anti-spam laws and determined e-mailers make it hard to fight back on legal grounds.
Mercury News: E-mail Users Plagued by a Rising Tide of Junk as Senders Grow Bolder - Susan Guberman-Garcia dreads retrieving her e-mail. Every day, she wades through unsolicited messages pitching online gambling, get-rich schemes and sex sites.
Korea Herald: Gov't to block outbound spam mail - The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) said yesterday it will draw up a comprehensive plan to block unsolicited commercial e-mail, or spam, of Korean origin, from reaching foreign Internet users.
donga.com: 4 Million Won Penalty to 5 Companies Distributed `Spam mails` Indiscrimately. - 5 companies including adult broadcasting companies and shopping malls that have sent `Spam mails` ignoring the rejection of the receivers were imposed to correctional fines.
donga.com: Spam Mail with False Title to be Punished - The person who sends e-mails without an indication of advertisement or containing false exaggerated ads will be punished of suspension of business license or criminal punishment from May.
Australian IT: Telstra in Brumbies scrum - The Brumbies rugby union team has scored a try against Telstra after the telco sold them IP addresses discarded by a spammer and blocked by network administrators worldwide.
donga.com: Compulsory Notice of `Adult Advertisement` for Sexual Spam Mails - The advertising mails containing bad things for juveniles like sexual and violent contents should attach the notice of `Ads for Adults` to the title from July.
KoreaTimes : Spammers Face Jail Terms of 3 Years - New legislation is proposed to help protect and bolster the image of e-Korea.
Wired: Amy Grant Spams a Sour Note - Jesus preached the gospel of turning the other cheek, but what would he have said about spam?
Chicago Tribune: Resume vaults local techie into spam battlefield - Think twice before sending a tartly worded e-mail or prepare for a battle of near-biblical proportions like the one being waged on Chicago computer consultant Bernard Shifman. [Requires free chicagotribune.com registration to view.]
Washington Post: E-Mail Opens New Door For Familiar Scam Tactic - The get-rich-quick con, dubbed the "Nigerian Letter Scam" by authorities, was operated out of Toronto and Nigeria from 1994 to 2000 and swindled more than 300 people, including about 20 in the Washington area, out of approximately $20 million, according to law enforcement officials.
Telepolis: European Parliament to come to crucial vote on spam - "Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs" asks European Parliament to force the floodgates wide open for spam.
Slashdot: Australian Spammer Sues Back - We've all heard the one about the spammers begin sued. Now, an Ausie spammer is suing back, for being blacklisted. Claiming damages and equipment replacement costs and so on. The whole article is over at Yahoo. So, I guess now, not only are we subjected to the spam, but we can't block it either?
Australian IT: Anti-spammers rally to fight lawsuit - The anti-spam community has set up a fund to raise money for a legal battle with a Perth-based direct marketing company.
ZDNet Australia: Aussie spammer sues anti-spammer in world-first case - An alleged Australian spammer is suing an anti-spam advocate after being blacklisted by a spam prevention Web site, in what is believed to be a first of its kind case worldwide and one that could end up "bigger than Ben Hur", according to a source close to the proceedings.
Australian IT: Lawsuit hits anti-spam activist - Perth-based direct marketing firm T3 Direct is suing a man for allegedly getting the company on a black-list run by the SPEWS.org website.
PCWorld.com: Spammers Claim Rights, Too - Opt-In Marketing Services challenges antispam efforts, organizations in court.
Washington Post: Making Spam Go Splat - Sick of Unsolicited E-Mail, Businesses Are Fighting Back.
CNET.com: EU body pushes spam guidelines - The European Parliament has signed off on sweeping guidelines for Internet regulation, including prohibiting spam and the use of cookies without the explicit permission from Web surfers.
Australian IT: Alleged spammer taken offline - The direct marketing firm suing a Perth man for speaking out against spam has lost its internet access.
Australian IT: Anti-spammers rally to fight lawsuit - The anti-spam community has set up a fund to raise money for a legal battle with a Perth-based direct marketing company.
Australian IT: Anti-spammer fights lawsuit - The Perth man at the centre of a legal dispute over anti-spam block-lists has claimed his innocence and asked for the case against him to be thrown out of court.
Australian IT: Plot thickens in anti-spam case - A Christian organisation has accused the company behind an anti-spam lawsuit of using its IP addresses without permission.
Australian IT: Telstra SPEWs over spam list - Telstra has hit back at anti-spam groups for abusing their power to block IP ranges.
CNET.com: Start-up wants your help to fight spam - Ordinary Web surfers could play a major role in stemming the rising tide of junk e-mail crippling the Net, if a new anti-spam company hits its mark.
ABCNEWS.com: New Ways to Can Spam E-mail - New spam filter uses peer-to-peer networking tricks.
ctnow.com: Spam King Living High In The Bayou - Lunchtime finds the 29-year-old Scelson sitting cross-legged on the floor of his storefront TV repair shop while he munches on a takeout meal of boiled crawfish and spiced shrimp.
Mercury News: The ethics of spam: `There's lots of money in it' - Ronnie Scelson is not your ordinary spammer. He returns reporters' calls, for one thing. For another, the Louisiana native admits many people probably hate him for what he does -- even if, as he insists, he tries to follow what few laws apply.
The Seattle Times: Microsoft to unveil Internet service that will fight spam, for a price - Microsoft may have figured out a better way to filter out the junk e-mail clogging the world's computers, but it will cost at least $10 a month to use the technology.
SF Gate: Spam attacks growing - According to the latest monthly data from Brightmail the rate of unique spam attacks measured by the company's network of decoy addresses has increased more than five-fold during the past year -- from less than a million in June 2001 to more than 4.8 million last month.
Computerworld: Search goes on for ways to stop spam - At a Global Internet Project conference today, IT and government officials looked at ways to counter the spreading nuisance of unwanted e-mail.
BBC News: Getting Tough On Spam - Unsolicited e-mail is becoming a problem for users and internet service providers.
BBC News: New York takes on 'spam' e-mail - Fresh from his victory over Merrill Lynch, state attorney general Elliot Spitzer sues MonsterHut.com for sending millions of 'spam' e-mail adverts.
Wired: Liverpool: I Wanna Hold Your Spam - A woman in a major British media company recently contacted the company's entire, 30,000-strong staff with an urgent query: "Has anyone got any blu-tack?"
PCWorld.com: Verio Tries to Get Monkeys.com Off Its Back - Web-hosting company won its battle against an antispam activist, but the war is far from over.
New Architect:: Blind Vigilantes - Blackhole lists offer dark prospects.
CNET.com: Spam filter a career killer? - A meeting reminder from the boss, a lascivious letter from a lover, or the daily tally from a fantasy football league: Which e-mail would you read first?
smh.com.au: Sun goes down on man of words - Green describes these electronic messages as "a little ray of sunshine". It irritates him that some of the recipients can't see the light. They regard Green's sunshine as spam, get mad as hell, and send him responses that are "threatening, abusive, filthy-minded, arrogant, quite offensive, and when you consider what I've sent out is philosophical, enlightening and positive, I guess they are not ready for it".
Houston Chronicle: Spammed! Part II: Despite vigilantes, spammers keep e-mail flowing - More than pop-up ads or in-your-face Web graphics, a withering assault of junk e-mail is souring the Internet experience. This is the second story of a three-part series that examines the surge in spam, the people behind it and the struggle to thwart them.
The Age: Spam, the plague giving the Net indigestion - If you already get too much junk e-mail, you'll get twice as much by New Year - and at the moment there is little anyone can do to stop it. No wonder consumers rate it their worst computer problem.
HoustonChronicle.com - Spam, spam, spam: Hard to escape the onslaught - Three-part article about the problem, the spammers, and some solutions.
CNN: Spam: Has it become a stalemate? - Internet 'becomes more of a chore than an experience'.
Houston Chronicle: Europe outlaws spam, but it keeps coming - Like most people, Massimo Cavazzini was sick of spam. Unlike most, though, the Italian entrepreneur had the law on his side.
Houston Chronicle: Legislating against spam proves a rocky road - The European Union has a law banning unsolicited junk e-mail. Japan has one restricting pitches sent to wireless devices. And the United States?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Welcome home! You've got mail! - It's nice to be missed when you're on vacation. When you come back, the dog licks your hand. The neighbor stops by to catch up. But judging by the mountain of e-mail that has piled up, nobody missed you as much as spammers.
ABC News: Taming 'Occupational Spam' - It's the bane of any modern office worker. After a week of restful vacation away from the job, they come back to a computer littered with literally hundreds of e-mail messages
Wired: Sprint Calls Audible in Spam Suit - A lawsuit charging Sprint with sending illegal, unsolicited e-mail appears to be turning into a test case for how much evidence a company can recover when defending against allegations of wrongful spamming.
CNET.com: Spam suit rings on Sprint - Sprint Communications is facing a lawsuit in Utah alleging that it sent unsolicited commercial messages, or spam, in violation of a recently enacted state statute.
Wired: The New Frontier of Mobilespam - As if you weren't getting enough spam in your inbox -- now, companies are slowly starting to send unsolicited text-message ads to your cell phone, too.
ZDnet: Spam hits 36 percent of e-mail traffic - Corporate networks are becoming increasingly clogged by e-mail pitches for pornography, money-making schemes and health products, and there's little relief on the horizon.
CNET.com: Anti-spam Group Bocks Yahoo Stores - An anti-spam group has put Yahoo's storefronts on its list of suspected junk e-mailers, snarling attempts by some customers to access the storefronts.
CNET.com: Groups seek federal action on spam - Spam has become such a menace to the Internet that the Federal Trade Commission should take swift steps to stanch the flow of bulk e-mail, three consumer groups said Wednesday.
CNET.com: Consumer groups fight spam epidemic - A coalition of consumer groups plans to ask the federal government to rescue people from the deluge of unwanted commercial mail that clogs their inboxes and sucks up their time.
Washington Post: Spam and Ughs - The volume and audacity of spam emails continues to rise.
CNET.com: If it's spam, the message is "delete" - When Emily Sachar got back from vacation recently, she had an e-mail inbox full of hundreds of messages. Unfortunately, most of them were spam.
CNET.com: Surviving in spam's shadow - For Janine Popick, spam is a four-letter word.
MSNBC: Spam crackdown urged - Three consumer groups petitioned the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday to enact tougher rules regarding the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mail, popularly known as spam. If the rule is enacted, the FTC could move swiftly to blunt the unrelenting assault that spam e-mails impose on the time and pocketbooks of consumers, the groups said.
CNET.com: You've got spam, and more spam - Corporate networks are becoming increasingly clogged by e-mail pitches for pornography, money-making schemes and health products, and there's little relief on the horizon.
CNET.com: Anti-spam service battles bugs - A new anti-spam service launched with much fanfare this week is facing some technical hurdles out of the gate and frustration from the community it relies on to fight junk mail.
CNET.com: Congress, critics wrinkle noses at spam bills - Spam may be an unwanted staple in your in-box, but don't expect lawmakers to serve up new regulations anytime soon.
Computerworld New Zealand: I'm no spammer, says e-mail marketer - Her clients might have sent out 6 million e-mails in the past year, but Lesley Pope denies she is a spammer.
San Francisco Chronicle: Spam stampede clogs Internet - Amid all the unwanted e-mail pitches for Viagra, porn and Nigerian get- rich schemes comes this message from computer experts: You ain't seen nothing yet.
NewsFactor: Spam Versus Technology: The Battle Rages On - One difficulty in stopping spammers is that some of their ploys work. If no one believed the story of the deposed, rich prince and others like it, much spam would cease.
MSNBC.com: Get rich quick? Not so fast - My, 1,189 unread messages in my Inbox. Its time to answer our e- mail. (2002.09.04)
IDGNet New Zealand: ING reaches out from beyond the grave - Internet Name Group, the Melbourne-based domain name registrar that was placed in "voluntary administration", has reached out from beyond the grave to hassle more New Zealand name holders.
BBC News: Using the net to catch junk mail - A Napster-like network might be able to stem the tide of spam mail messages flooding the internet.
BBC News: Nigeria grapples with e-mail scams - The Nigerian authorities declare war on the growing of number of fraudsters who use cyber cafes to send out phoney e-mails.
BBC News: Hotmail puts squeeze on spam - Microsoft is taking action to cut down on the amount of spam reaching anyone with a Hotmail e-mail address.
Wired: Spam Masquerades as Admin Alerts - A new breed of pop-up ads is appearing on Microsoft Windows users' computers. The so-called "Messenger spams" have security experts and system administrators scratching their heads and recipients fuming.
Wired: When the Spam Hits the Blogs - Strange things are afoot in blogland. Owners of weblogs have recently noticed that their referral logs have become the newest target for spam.
Wired: E-Marketers Rue Address Turnover - Thirty-one percent of Americans change e-mail addresses each year, in part to evade spammers, according to a new study.
Slashdot: As the Spam Turns - The SBL has added Verio's corporate mail servers to its blocklist which protects nearly 100 million mailboxes, because of the number of spam gangs on the Verio network. Verio also provides connectivity to AS26212, a collection of 9 of the most notorious spammers netblocks. AS26212 is also connected to he.net and bbnplanet.net.
andersja: Spam, Hype and SpamAssassin - An article about hyped mail-filtering products versus freely available SpamAssassin.
CNET: Spammers slipping ads through Windows - Spammers have co-opted an administration feature in Microsoft's Windows operating systems and are using it to bring up intrusive advertisements on Internet-connected computers.
CNET: Fat times for spam - In September, more than 17 percent of all e-mail traveling across the Internet could be classified as spam, according to data collected by U.K. e-mail service provider MessageLabs. The company's figures are presented in its latest monthly report.
Wired: FTC: Where Spam Goes to Die - The FTC now has the most complete spam database in the world, a collection of over 20 million missives containing the solutions to all human wants and woes.
Computerworld: Verizon settles lawsuit against spammer - The owner of a Detroit-based commercial e-mail company has agreed to a permanent injunction barring him from sending spam to customers of Verizon Online, a unit of Verizon Communications.
New Architect: A Tidal Wave Of Spam - Editorial. One man decides to give up on spam filtering.
Instant Messaging Planet: Mobile Spam Banned in Calif. - Governor Gray Davis signs a bill that will prohibit the sending of spam to mobile phones and pagers starting next year.
BBC: E-mail makes surfers emotional - According to US-based net think-tank the Nielsen Norman Group, people can have highly emotional reactions to e-mail newsletters.
NPR - All Things Considered - Spam - A radio segment on "spam" with Jason Catlett, head of Junkbusters Corporation, which is a privacy advocacy firm. He talks about how spam works, how it makes its way around the world and why it's successful. Then a talk with Alan Ralsky, director of Creative Marketing Zone.
EuroCAUCE Homepage - CAUCE partner in EU.
CAUBE.AU - Fight Spam in Australia [CAUCE Partner]
CAUCE - Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email - the preeminent anti-spam group.
Spam Battle - An organisation set up by subscribers to the newsgroup alt.www.webmaster to stop spam by trying to cost spammers large amounts of money.
Responsible Electronic Communication Alliance (RECA) - The RECA's goal is to create and promote "best practices" for companies involved in online marketing.
CAUCE India - Stopping spam in India.
Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) - MAPS maintains the Realtime Blackhole List.
Combat HQ - CyberCreek is an organization that supports bulk e-mailing and opposes MAPS. The site details their efforts to fight MAPS.
National Spam Mail Abuse Association - Working to free inboxes of spam. Find news, tools, resources and contact information.
Direct Email Advertisers Association - A lobbying group for businesses using direct e-mail marketing techniques.
SpamCon Foundation - Supports measures to reduce spam. Newsletters, mission statement, and history.
The Lumber Cartel - The mythical Lumber Cartel (There Is No Lumber Cartel) helps the email spam fighters to rid the Internet of junk email spam.
Spam.Anti! - Organization that fights SPAM and offers SPAM-fighting techniques. Both in French and in English since 1996.
Ban The Spam - Telecommunications Research and Action Center (TRAC), the nation's oldest and largest telecommunications consumer group.
Freedom's Army - Organization working to eliminate blocking of a particular netblock.
Remove.org - Maintains a global Do Not Contact List which contains the names, addresses, phone/fax numbers, and emails of individuals and families who do not want to receive unsolicited offers or promotions.
xbl.selwerd.cx (eXtreme spam Blocking List) - Providers that let users spam selwerd.nl, selwerd.cx, flits.rug.nl and other spamtraps and ignore reports, host spamvertized pages or pages selling spamware get listed. Using xbl.selwerd.cx risks missing a lot of legitimate e-mail.
Open Relay Database (ORDB) - A validated database of mail servers that permit third-party relay. Also in Francais, Nederlands and Dansk.
Open Relay Blackhole Zones (ORBZ) - ORBZ publishes , via DNS, a list of IP addresses of machines that they know to be open relays, even if they haven't yet been used to relay spam.
Spam Prevention Early Warning System (SPEWS) - SPEWS maintains a list of known spam sources and spam friendly hosts so that e-mail can be rejected from these problem sites.
MAPS Realtime Blackhole List (RBL) - Lists email sites which have refused to limit their relaying, leaving the potential for their use as spam gateways.
MAPS Dial-up User List (DUL) - An IP blacklist of dialup-using "stealth" spammers and email trespassers.
OpenRBL DNS Lookup - Enter an IP address or a hostname to find out which blacklists (if any) list it.
Keenan's List of Spamming Scumbags! - A list of active websites that have advertised using theft of service in the form of unsolicited commercial email.
OsiruSoft Open Relay Spam Stopper - DNS-based lists including verified open relays, dialup spam sources, confirmed spam sources, spamware developer sites, list servers that automatically opts users in without confirmation, and open proxy servers.
SpamCop - Blocking List Information - This list contains IP addresses which have been reported to SpamCop as carriers of spam (source of e-mail or verified, open relay). Some of these reports now come from spamtraps (email addresses used strictly to receive spam).
ip4r (DNSBL-style) DNS lookups - List, in table form, of blacklists. Includes table with the name of the blacklists, their lookup domains, the IP that is returned in case of a match and a description.
Dorkslayers - Manually managed list of open relays which physical location is NOT within the United States of America (USA) and that are not contained in dorkslayers spite list.
Fabel - Relaytest - List of open relays. Only one kind of test is done to see if the mail is relayed or not.
Relays.visi.com - Blacklist of open relaying mail servers that have recently transmitted spam.
Spamhaus Block List (SBL) - All IPs on the SBL belong to known spammers, spam gangs, or spam support services. The SBL includes IPs from both the ROKSO database and IPs of spam services listed in the Spamhaus database.
Rbcheck - Open Relay database check - Enter an IP address or an rdns domain name and find out which blacklists (if any) list it.
The Spamhaus Project Register of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO) - The Spamhaus Project's Register Of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO) Database. ROKSO collates evidence on known hard-line spam outfits that have been thrown off Internet Service Providers over three times.
Blacklists Compared - Weekly reports of DNS blacklists lookups of IP addresses (and reverse DNS lookups) that made SMTP connections to the San Diego Supercomputer Center on that week. Useful for getting a grasp of the size of the various blacklists. Maintained by Jeff Makey.
Five Ten - Local Black Holes - Blacklist that includes dialup equivalent ip addresses, individual spam sources, netblocks that refuse to remove spammers, bulk mailers that don't require confirmed opt-in, output servers from multi-stage open relay chains and single stage open relays not listed on ORBZ.
Blitzed IRC Network (OPM.BLITZED.ORG) - A dnsbl of open proxies (HTTP, Socks and wingate), populated by IRC connection scanners and spamtraps.
Clueless Mailers - Offers background information on the worst of the new Internet abusers.
Spambag.org - Personal (DNSBL) list of abusive networks that the author blocks from sending mail or accessing his web servers.
Spam Filtering @ Monkeys.Com - Unsecured Proxies List - Lists open proxies. An open proxy of one kind or another is bad because spammers may use it to send out massive amounts of unsolicited bulk e-mail spam.
rfc-ignorant.org - The home for domains who don't play by the rules. A number of lists (at present "dsn", "abuse", "postmaster", "whois" and "ipwhois") which contain domains or IP networks whose administrators choose not to obey the RFC's, the building block "rules" of the net.
Not Just Another BlackList (NJABL.ORG) - Spam blocking blacklist of open relays, dial-ups, and direct spam sources.
Spambag of the Month - Makes examples of people who feel the need to send unsolicited emails. Sample emails and follow-up information.
The Arbitrary Blackhole List - This blacklist is designed to stop mail coming from known-spammers hosts.
Blacklist of Internet Advertisers - To curb inappropriate advertising on usenet newsgroups and via junk e-mail.
MAPS Relay Spam Stopper (RSS) - The RSS is a list of email relays which have been used to send spam, for use in blocking spam by blocking mail which have gone through those sites.
Spamware vendor list - List of known spamware vendors and their ISPs.
Drbcheck: Dr. Jørgen Mash's DNS Database List Checker - Lists all DNSbl's (RBL's) and enables users to make a query against all the lists.
Documenting the abuses of Inflow, Inc. (NOFLOW.ORG) - Maintains a DNSBL zone available for public query or download of Inflow's assigned network space.
DNS Real-time Black List (DNSRBL) - DNSRBL publishes, via DNS, a list of IP addresses that are either direct SPAM sources or Dial-up (dynamic address) pools which would never be a source of non-SPAM eMail.
Distributed Server Boycott List (DSBL.org) - This list contains email servers which are non-secure and potentially servers with dumb and/or malicious users. It is purely composed of data DSBL receives; DSBL should never send out data by itself.
Bitch-List.net - List of spam-friendly ISPs and contact information.
Electric Eye Ultimate Banned List - A manually updated and verified online database of spammers. Provides email address and domain blocklist.
Chinese and Korean Net Blocks - Lists IP blocks of China and Korea for those who want to avoid asian spam.
Known Spammers List - List of emails and addresses of persons or organizations known to spam.
The South Korea Blocking List - Blocking list to filter out Korean spam.
Blackholes.us - Publishing a variety of DNS blocklists including entire countries and ISP's.
Open Relay Check - Known open relay list.
Abstract Security System Against Hosts Offering Lame Email Spam - Blacklist fed by spamtraps and by email blocked by other blacklists (including some with a high false positive rate, so be cautious in use for complete blocking).
Spam Support Permanent Blocklist - A permanent blocklist of spam supporting web hosts and ISPs.
Better Ethics Online - Publishes black list of spammers and seeks to promote online ethics.
RBL-Type Services - A listing of sites offering spam-related filter / blackhole lists.
Spam & Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS) - Lists Open Relays and Open Proxies (Open HTTP Proxy Servers and Open SOCKS Proxy Servers). SORBS only scans a host when it attempts to send mail to one of the feeder servers.
Spamware.org - List of known bulk email software regarded as Spamware.
Vox - DNSBL Designed to Aleviate Spam - Vox is a DNSBL based of received email headers along with frequency on the phydiux.com network of sites.
Spamerang - A call for all internet users to turn the spammers' own email addresses into spam bait.
AntiSPEWS.org - Anti-SPEWS website with information on how the SPEWS block list operates and alternative anti-spam block lists.
Dotcomeon.com - An argument against using MAPS, encouraging ISPs to individually control spam instead of relying on central services.
Brightmail Inc. - Provides advanced technologies and solutions to enhance the capabilities and manageability of e-mail.
Despammed - A free e-mail forwarding and spam filtration service.
Spam Hole - Provides free, anonymous, temporary e-mail forwarding addresses. These addresses can be created on the fly. You decide how long the address lasts.
WhiteICE - Provides filtered web-based e-mail accounts and web space.
Spam Cop - Spam reporting service.
Spam Gourmet - Provides disposable e-mail addresses. Users can also set up rule sets for trusted or permitted senders.
Mail Circuit - A web-based e-mail provider filtering spam and only allowing messages from trusted senders.
Activator Mail - Virus scanning and spam prevention based on blacklists and user feedback.
Vipul's Razor - Collaborative spam filtering network allowing users to report and filter out matching spam.
InboxDoctor - Content filtering software blocking spam and viruses from email.
Inbox Protector - A Microsoft Outlook 2000/XP and Outlook Express add-in, which scans incoming e-mail, redirecting unwanted junk mail to a separate folder for later inspection.
SpamAssassin - A mail filter, written in Perl, to identify spam using a wide range of heuristic tests on mail headers and body text. Free software. Can be used as a standalone mail filter, or from procmail.
E-Mail Preference Service - Consumer opt out registration form for the Direct Marketing Association.
Singlefin - E-mail filtering services. Provides spam filtering, anti-virus protection, attachment blocking, policy filtering, store and forwarding service, as well as detailed reporting.
E-Mail Magician - Automates filter, mailbox, and nickname creation for Eudora Macintosh. Filters on more than 1,000 spam characteristics.
Mailshell - Offers protection against spam, combined with personalization and privacy for individual email users.
Spam Interceptor - Anti-spam software utilizing a combination of filters and a human only authentication system.
Spamache - Web based spam filtering service. Checks POP accounts every 10 minutes and removes spam based on filtering rules as well as personal white & black lists.
SpamAssassin Pro - Client based filtering software by Deersoft Inc. for Microsoft Outlook 2000/XP.
CruelMail - Provides spam-proof email accounts. Only allows email from addresses in whitelist. Charges a fee for others to reach the customer's mailbox.
Anti Spam Software - Provides anti spam software with server based email and web security features, email and spam filtering software for Network Administrators.
Tmicha.Net: Spam-Free Forwarding Address - Provides spam-free forwarding account filtered with ORDB and SpamCop service.
SpamGuard Email Guard - Desktop software to filter spam
Atqui Spam Filter - Filters spam email from current e-mail address of user.
Spam Arrest, LLC - POP3 service that blocks spam using sender verification methods.
Spamster - Spam and virus filtering software
CleanMyMailbox - ASP-based anti-spam service. No software to install. Mailbox automatically "cleaned" of unwanted email multiple times per hour.
Email Filtering - Fully managed service which filters viruses, worms and malicious macros and spam.
Spam Filtering Software - Content based spam filtering software.
SpamButcher - Fuzzy-logic based anti-spam filter for Windows systems.
Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse - System of clients and servers that collect and count checksums of email messages in order to detect and filter bulk UCE.
Bob's Spam Filter - How to set up an effective spam filter with procmail.
Anti Spam Software - "Spam Agent" software offers content based filters for spam filtering in both home and corporate environments.
Spam Angel - Filter program that removes spam from a POP3 account.
Valicomm Inc. - Produces an add-in for Microsoft Outlook that uses white/black listing and human challenge. Free trial.
Habeas - Free to individuals. Fights spam by putting a copyrighted haiku in the header that is only licenced (for a fee) to bulk mailers who respect codes of practice. This enables the identification of spam.
AppRiver - Filtering solutions for Novell GroupWise and Microsoft Exchange.
Stop The Spam - Commercial filters for spam reduction.
Address Munging FAQ - How to spam-block ("munge") your email address.
BotBait - Provides lists of fake addresses for e-mail harvesters.
Sugarplum - Generates fake data to give to e-mail harvesting robots.
How do spammers harvest email addresses? - Several methods are described.
Sneakemail - Use disposable email addresses to communicate with businesses that you do not fully trust, then delete them if you get spam.
Five Easy Ways to Avoid Spam - Tips for preventing spammers from getting e-mail addresses.
BestPrac.Org - Learn about best practices in spam prevention and eradication.
Poisoning the Well - Several different ways to confuse e-mail collection robots.
SPAM - Fight Back - Suggestions for how to filter spam.
SafeMail - This service prevents e-mail harvesters from getting e-mail addresses from a website.
Emailias - A service that allows you to generate new e-mail aliases to give to websites that want contact information.
Spam Vaccine - Software which stops spam by scrambling email addresses on Web pages. Visitors to a site see an address, but address-harvesting bots don't. Mac and Windows versions available for free trial and for purchase.
Spambot Beware - How to avoid, detect and harass spambots. Spambots are programs that extract email addresses from web pages, which are then used as targets for spam.
Spam & Mass Mailing FAQ - Tips for avoiding bulk emails from spammers.
How to Block E-mail Relaying - What to do when your computer is used to relay spam.
Email Harvesting: How To Protect Yourself - Describes the software spammers use to harvest email addresses and send spam; includes simple strategies for preventing an address from being misused.
Spam.org - Information about fighting and reducing spam. Links to major related sites and news.
E-mail Preference Service Limited - Register your wish not to receive unsolicited e-mail or spam.
The DMA's e-Mail Preference Service - The DMA maintains a list of consumers who would prefer not to receive bulk e-mail.
Bumpymail.com - Free e-mail forwarding accounts. Forwarding address disappears automatically after fixed time period and mail is bounced. Spammers won't be able to reach you.
Netmails.net - Provides users with up to 100 disposable email addresses mapped to a single inbox and a web-based email account.
Sparkingwire - Provide free anti-spam email address to waste spammers resources. Deletes email sent to account without bouncing or acknowledging receipt in any way.
The Spammeister Guide to Spam - FAQ on spam including ways to reduce the flow of junk email or become spam free.
No Spam Email - Private email address with your own domain and unlimited aliases prevents spammers from obtaining real email address.
Redirect Mailto: For Spam Prevention - Prevent e-mail siphons from harvesting your e-mail addresses by separating the address from the Web page while still providing a way for users to click a link and have it open their local mailer. Examples in Perl, OpenACS, PHP, and ColdFusion.
SpamSecure.com - Email and website spam prevention service that uses the latest security scripting and technology to protect your email addresses from being gathered by spam bots, crawlers, and user agents.
Remove Me Now! Spam Reduction Service - Spam reduction service, featuring low-cost membership, and email marketer cooperation.
Spam Help.com - Information, news, advice, service and tools for preventing email spam.
Can Your SPAM - Tips and techniques to stop spam and increase your email privacy.
Spam-Proof Your Web Page - Free service to encode the email addresses in your website so that they cannot be gathered by email robots.
Graphic @ for Spam Prevention - Prevent e-mail siphons from harvesting your e-mail address by not using the commercial "@" character when displaying your e-mail address on a Web page; use a graphical "@" instead. Examples in Perl, OpenACS, PHP, and ColdFusion.
Spamex.com - Offers disposable email addresses, to reduce the amount of spam in your inbox.
ActiveState PureMessage 3.0 - Email management solution that provides full control over security and usage of corporate email systems.
MailMoat - Provides disposable email addresses to discourage spamming.
Antispamming Technology II - 2nd generation antispamming technology. Identifies spammer and their ISP, emails opt-out request and monitors spammers compliance. Legal enforcement if non-compliant.
SpamBuster.cc - Free service which submits your information to spam email list owners to REMOVE your email address from their lists.
SpamMotel - Offering anti-spam program and disposable email addresses.
Sprocket Notes on Stopping Unsolicited Commercial Email - Techniques and tips on preventing spam.
Protect Your Webserver From Spam Harvesters - Software solutions to prevent spam harvesting on webservers.
Why Spam Is Bad - A collection of links to help show Internet marketers why spam is harmful to their business and to provide some alternative means of responsible marketing.
Spam v. Profit - An e-mail marketer argues that ISPs can profit from e-mail marketing if it is done responsibly.
Address Munging Considered Harmful - A paper arguing against the practice of spam-blocking on Usenet by using an altered email address.
How Bulk E-mail Can Destroy Your Small Business - An editorial on the negative effects of sending spam.
MessageMedia:Case Studies/White Papers - 'Sometimes the Messenger Should Be Shot: Building a Spam-Free E-mail Marketing Program' discusses the negative repercussions of sending bulk e-mail.
Information Filtering Resources - Papers about and links to projects about ways of filtering electronic information.
Unsolicited Bulk Email: Mechanisms for Control - This report by the Internet Mail Consortium discusses a variety of filtering mechanisms.
Unsolicited Bulk Email: Definitions and Problems - This report discusses the costs of spam.
E-mail Marketing Articles - Articles about how e-mail marketers can avoid spamming.
On Spam: Wasting time on the Internet - Bill Gates gives his views on spam.
How to Advertise Responsibly Using E-mail and Newsgroups - Article about how businesses can advertise without spamming.
Slashdot - Distributed Spam Detection - Threaded discussion of spam detection systems and the razor p2p system specifically.
NYTimes.com - 3 Web Sites Closed in Spam Inquiry - Three companies using email to solicit the sale of nonexistent web addresses have been ordered to close their web businesses. [required free NYTimes.com registration to view]
How the UK Can Stop Spam Without Damaging Free Speech - Suggested non-extraterritorial UK legislation that would stop spam globally.
Onlinecasinonews.com - Internet Casinos are Spammers - What's behind the recent surge in junk e-mail.
Alleee and Franc's Insolitology - A description of Nigerian scams (also called 419 scams), with images and links.
Spam, Lies and Fake Reporters - Describes the tactics of Opt In Inc. and the president of Opt In Inc., Charles "Steve" Hardigree.
Outlook SPAM Tutorial - Tutorial to provide easy way to filter your unwanted junk email in Outlook and Outlook Express.
Al Iverson's Spamresource.com - Collection of articles written by a former employee of MAPS.
In Defense of Unsolicited Bulk Email - Presents arguments in favor of using UCE in marketing.
Are you a spammer? - Take this quiz to see if you are a spammer.
Spam Flames - A repository of flammage generated by spammers - generally speaking, their spittle-inflected reaction to being called onto the carpet. Submissions welcome.
SatireWire The First Annual Poetry Spam - Poetry written using phrases from spam e-mail
Solidaridad Con Brian - A famous hoax email translated into many different languages.
Dear Spammer - An open letter to all spammers about fake emails and bulk email software
Send Us Spam - The only web site on the planet that wants your spam and other unsolicited, bulk, or junk email.
P. T. Barnstormer's Internet Sideshow - Posts and ridicules humorous spam attempts.
Spammorpher - Takes spam message and replaces key words with amusing results.
Bernard Shifman is a Moron Spammer - Details an exchange of emails from a spammer to an anti-spam advocate.
The Weekly Spam Report - A humorous weekly commentary on spam floating around the net.
One-Hundred and One Things to do with a Spammer - Satirical list of ways to get revenge on spammers.
Spamfordian Lexicon - Abbreviated dictionary of Spamspeak
Send Me Some Spam - Satirical song written about spam.
Fun with SPAM - Humorous responses written to spammers.
Fun with Scammers - Humorous extended e-mail exchange between Dr. Abed Solomon (Nigerian Scammer) and Zach.
The Adventures of Wendy Willcox and her dog Willis - It shouldn't take too long to get a Nigerian 419 advance fee scam e-mail. Then the goal is to get the spammer to go to the airport, hotel, etc., as many times as possible.
Conversations with a Nigerian Bank Scammer - Karl Mamer, a columnist for the Toronto Sun, explains how the Nigerian bank scam works. And then, because he's bored, attempts to waste the spammers' time.
Random Spam Generator - Sentences generated from core data of real spam.
The Spam Avenger - Offers audio samples of phone calls to spammers and a possibility to buy a CD.
Working to Halt Online Abuse - A volunteer organization founded in 1997 to fight online harassment through education of the general public, education of law enforcement personnel, and empowerment of victims. WHOA has also formulated voluntary policies which they encourage online communities to adopt in order to create safe and welcoming environments for all Internet users. The site includes a form that victims of online harassment/cyberstalking can use to get help.
Cyberstalking and Internet Safety FAQ - A short list of questions and answers written by Rachel R. Hartman. Includes some links to other resources.
Cyber Stalking - Information from the cyberstalking department at SafetyEd International. General information, advice, and links to other resources.
Cyberstalking - Information and advice from the National Center for Victims of Crime (USA).
Cyberstalking - Article in the e-zine Link-Up, issue 4, July/August 2000. Written by J.A. Hitchcock.
Stalking, Cyberspace - Index of cyberstalding resources from the Institute for Law and Justice.
Cyberstalking: A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry - A Report from the Attorney General to the Vice President August 1999.
Cyberstalking Is it Covered by Current Anti-Stalking Laws - A student paper written for a "Law and the Internet" course at Georgia State University in 1998. Authors are Craig Lee and Patrick Lynch.
Gender Harassment on the Internet - Student paper written for a "Law on the Internet" course at Georgia State University in 1995. Authors are Vicki Bell and Denise de La Rue.
Cyberstalked: Our Family's Story - The Armistead family was targeted in July 1996 by a cyberstalker, who as of December 2000 is still periodically attacking them. The site tells the family's story and includes suggestions for other victims of cyberstalking and pointers as to how all internet users can avoid problems.
The Stalked Need a Safety Net - Wired News story by Katie Dean.
Cyberstalking Law Invoked - Wired News report.
Abuse of Usenet: Cyberstalked - Jayne Hitchock's battle with Usenet spammer Woodside Literary Agency began in 1996, and continued into 2002 with her cyberstalkers sentenced to prison and probation on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, perjury and making false statements to a federal officer. Hitchcock's site details the case from start to finish, and shows how it led to new laws making cyberstalking a criminal offense in New Hampshire (USA).
TheGuardianAngel.com - Internet Safety Awareness Articles - A comprehensive selection of original articles to promote Internet Safety Awareness and provide the tools and understanding to establish a defense against victimization, and report offenders.
Cyber-Stalking: Obsessional Pursuit and the Digital Criminal - Article in The Crime Library, by Wayne Petherick.
The Terrifying Truth About Online Stalking - Information about what online stalkers already know about possible victims, and suggestions to modify on-line behavior. ZDNet Anchordesk story by Jesse Berst.
Stalking: Policing and Prosecuting Practices in three Australian Jurisdictions - Examines stalking trends as indicated by police and court data across the jurisdictions of Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. Report written by Emma Ogilvie and published by Australian Institute of Criminology.
Cyberstalking - Report written by Emma Ogilvie and published by Australian Institute of Criminology.
Cyberstalking: Pathological Pursuit Online - A research-oriented site that looks at the pathology of stalkers, current patterns of cyberstalking, and special concerns for therapists who may be stalked online.
About Cyberstalking - An Online Guide - Comprehensive information [including country-specific data] from WiredPatrol, an Internet help, education & safety organization. WiredPatrol was formerly known as CyberAngels.
Cyber 999 UK - Information about cyberstalking, and advice on how to help resolve the problem. Provides a emergency help phone number in the UK.
Cyberstalked? Use Common Sense - Wired News story by Katie Dean.
The Epidemic of Cyberstalking - Wired News story by Katie Dean.
Cyberstalking - A CBS News 48 hours feature including a set of stories focused on children's safety.
Cyberstalking: A New Challenge for Law Enforcement and Industry - A Report from the Attorney General to the Vice President, August 1999. Summarizes the problem, gives suggestions and prevention tips, and provides annotated links to related materials and sites.
Stalking Site: Slick or Sick? - Wired News story by Lynn Burke.
Cyberstalking and On-line Harassment - Briefly addresses cyberstalking and online harassment, with links to other sites with more in-depth articles.
Cyberstalking in India - Details cases of online harassment and cybercrime in India, including tips on getting police help.
Whois Preston Dunn? - Preston Dunn is charged with stalking the late Baylee Almon, who was one when she was a victim of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Stop Online Stalking - Citizens Against Cyberstalking. This site was inspired by one of the worst episodes of cyber-stalking yet recorded and was established by victims of these crimes.
SecurityFocus - Site maintains an extensive database of vunerabilities and solutions including Denial Of Service attacks.
Smurf Amplifier Registry - The SAR lets you probe Internet connected IP networks to see whether or not they are configured in a way that will allow perpetrators to use them for smurf amplification.
Denial of Service (DoS) Resource Page - Collection of articles and links about Denial of Service attacks
Important Information for Windows Users - Patches for Windows 95/98 security holes, particularly WinNuke and Sping attacks.
DoShelp.com - Tools and patches to protect a person's computer from hackers, Denial of Service, and other intrusions.
Denial of Service Help Page - Advice for victims of Denial Of Service Attacks, geared towards users of IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Microsoft Windows Update - Latest bugfixes for Microsoft Windows, including fixes for some possible DoS attacks.
Cisco - Strategies to protect against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. This article applies primarily to sites using Cisco equipment.
Tools Stunt DoS Attack - InternetWeek article written in the aftermath of the Denial of Service attack on Microsoft's domain name servers discusses various ways to combat these tactics.
Hacking the DoS - An interview on hacking and denial of service attacks with Brian Martin and David Dittrich. Available in text and various forms of audio.
Smurf Attack Information - White paper describing and giving information on how to minimize the effects of smurf attacks.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks and Tools - A bibliography of recent papers and advisories on DDoS attacks and tools, by David Dittrich of the University of Washington (USA).
CERT Advisory CA-2000-01 - Denial of Service developments including description, impact, and solutions.
Trinoo Analysis - An analysis of the DoS Project's trin00 master/slave programs, which implement a distributed network denial of service tool.
Stacheldraht Analysis - An analysis of "stacheldraht", a distributed denial of service attack tool, based on source code from the "Tribe Flood Network" distributed denial of service attack tool.
Network Ingress Filtering - A simple, effective, and straightforward method for network administrators to prohibit DoS attacks which use forged IP addresses.
Defying Denial of Service Attacks - Discussion of the main DoS methods and how to protect your PCs and servers from them. [NetworkMagazine.com]
Sans Institute Global Incident Analysis Center - Special notice and analysis of Rootkit/Smurf Payload Toolkit v 1.1.
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks - A DDOS exploit multiplies the disruptive power of denial of service attacks. The article discusses methods used and how to detect them. [NetworkMagazine.com]
Fighting the Cybercrime Power - TheStandard's article about nineteen high-tech giants, including Microsoft, HP and Oracle, and their creation of a nonprofit to battle cybercriminals.
DDoS Is Neither Dead Nor Forgotten - How DDoS attacks have developed over the past year, and what has been learned; preparation is essential to prevention. [NetworkMagazine.com]
Whatis Definition of Denial of Service - Definition plus discussion of various types of DoS attacks and how they work, including Buffer Overflow, SYN, Teardrop and Smurf.
DDoS World - Knowledge base: including news articles, white papers, and advisories.
ACM: Ubiquity - Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks - Article by M. E. Kabay about the effect of DDoS attacks on major e-commerce sites, and the legal ramifications thereof.
GCN.com: How to Stop a Service Denial Attack Before It Stops You - Shawn P. McCarthy provides a quick overview of various kinds of DDOS attacks. He also explains why defending against this type of attack requires upstream infrastructure providers to cooperate with the victim.
Denial of Service Database - Details of many attacks: categorized by platform affected and using OSAT notation. No longer updated.
CERT Incident Note: DoS Attacks Using Nameservers - Description of how intruders are using nameservers to execute packet flooding denial of service attacks.
Deconstructing Denial of Service Attacks - How to assess risk and avoid unwitting participation in this relatively new tactic.
Red Hat Linux General Security Advisory - Updated bind packages fixing DoS attack.
Update to Windows 95 TCP/IP to Address Out-of-Band Issue - Microsoft's official communique on the WinNuke bug, and their solution.
UDP DoS attacks - A malicious Java-based applet can keep Windows users from accessing Domain Name Servers on the Web.
10 Proposed 'First-Aid' Security Measures Against Distributed Denial Of Service Attacks - Whitepaper detailing "easy and fast to implement methods to protect against those attacks." [PDF format]
GRC.com: Denial of Service Investigation and Exploration Pages - Analysis and investigation of the DoS threat posed by Windows XP, and reports and logs from when GRC.com was the victim of a DDoS attack.
Rev. Steve Winter - Documentation of alleged computer crimes, stalking and harassment according to Steve Winter.
The NoCeM Registry - Information on NoCeM issuers, with PGP keyring and NoCeM permission file for use with NoCeM-On-Spool software
The Net Abuse FAQ - The Net Abuse FAQ
alt.usenet.kooks - Including FAQ and the Official Alt.Usenet.Kooks Funny Farm.
Killfile.org - Who Tim Skirvin and his daemons have sent to the Killfile Dungeon, and why, plus The Kook of the Month Awards Gallery.
About Ken Pangborn - Describes long-standing grievances the author has against Mr. Pangborn's behaviors online.
Beware the Troll - An internet troll is someone who fishes for people's confidence and, once found, exploits it. This essay explores the psychology of trolls and how to deal with them.
The Steve Winter FAQ by Steve Adams - Things you may need to know if you have dealings with Steve Winter.
FAQ: The Newsgroup Care Cancel Cookbook - How to cancel spam and other cancelables off individual newsgroups using the simplest of means.
Offensive intruder poisons chat lines - A troller calling himself "Bertie the Bunyip" has upset local Usenet newsgroups after a bizarre campaign that has included posting fake photographs of a topless Queen Mother. [New Zealand Herald]
The Bincancel FAQ - Explains why one should not post huge binaries to non-binary newsgroups.
MeowWatchers - "Meowing" is becoming a generic net.term for posts with no substance. News, editorials, special features, meower sightings, polls, letters to the editor, and archives of past issues.
Combating Professional Forum Spamming - An in-depth discussion on the growing trend of professional forum spamming and how to combat it.
alt.syntax.tactical FAQ - Dealing with Trolls Crossposting and Flames.
How To Handle a Troll and Beat Them At Their Own Game - Tips to not only get rid of them, but to join you on the light side.
* Is Dying : The Unofficial Anthology - The unauthorized, incomplete, unabridged guide to the "* Is Dying" troll template.

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