HOW TO FIGHT SPAM!!!
If you're new to the fight against spam, this site
is for you. I've started to compile a list of sites and resources
that will help you to understand what spam is, why it's bad, and
what you can do to help get spammers kicked off of the Internet,
which will indirectly reduce the amount of spam you receive every
day. Unfortunately, the only way to receive less spam is this
way... asking nicely to be removed might very well work in a few
situations, but is more likely to result in more spam! See
below to find out why. In a nutshell, though, spammers believe that
the best way to promote whatever they're selling is to get as many
emails out to as many recipients as possible, figuring that that
will allow them to reel in the largest number of suckers. Even some
"legitimate" emailers practice this method of advertising, even
though they're alienating the vast majority of their potential
customers this way. For more info, see my other site whyspamisbad.com.
Spam-fighting links
You can put any domain name, IP address, or "packed" 32 bit value here.
Open relay blocking services
Inform the government!
How spammers get your email address
How to read
headers, which is how you determine where a spam really
came from and who you need to report it to.
Spam-fighting
overview
SpamCop, a good way for the
beginner to send "LARTs"
These sites are good resources to help you to manually track down
the various elements of spam... sending ISPs, open relays, the
spammers' web site (even "munged" or "cloaked" URLs that look like
nonsense), etc.
Geektools
Sam Spade
net.demon spam
fighting tools (including URL demunger!)
Abuse.net - A clearinghouse for
proper contact addresses for various ISPs (unfortunately, not
everyone uses "abuse@domain.com")
bitch-list.net - My
"abuse.net from Hell"... ISPs that show themselves to be resistant
to handling their spamming customers get taken to the next level...
bitch-list.net entries forward spam complaints to ever address I
can find for them. If you're a novice spam fighter, stick with
Spamcop and/or abuse.net... LARTs sent via bitch-list.net are
likely to bounce as only specifically listed domains will work.
abuse.net defaults to "postmaster@domain.com", which is
supposed to always work.
Mail Abuse Prevention
System
RFC-Ignorant.org - Blocks mail
from servers that don't comply with RFC requirements for working
postmaster accounts or who do not accept DSN messages.
SpamBouncer
CAUCE
Spamhaus Project
This site maintained by John Oliver
