You have probably seen an increase in the amount of "junk mail" which shows up in your email box, or on your favorite newsgroup. The activities of a small number of people are becoming a bigger problem for the Internet. We have been actively engaged in fighting spam for years. Since we presented this site to the public in 1996, we have been pleased to be referenced as one of the best anti-spam sites on the net. Help fight spam to keep the Internet useful for everyone.
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Status on efforts to outlaw spam
Please support the effort to outlaw spam. See
CAUCE for more information. The editor-in-chief and many of the signatories
and contributors of and to this site are supporters of CAUCE. Join with us
and lobby Congress to make spamming illegal in the United States.
If you are European, visit EuroCAUCE,
the European affiliate of CAUCE, dedicated to outlawing spam throughout all
of Europe.
The sending of any unsolicited email advertising messages to this domain will result in the imposition of civil liability against you in accordance with Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Section 17538.45.
Spam.abuse.net is located in California. The above notice applies here.
This site isn't just talk. We are doing something about spam. Avail yourself of our resources. Take the opportunity to sign our petition and join the campaign!
For your reference:
List of participants
Sites with good spam policies |
Rogue sites |
Blacklist of
Internet Advertisers |
E-mail spam archive and search
Hint of the month: Most spam doesn't come from the place listed in the From header. You need to show all headers to see the real origin. See you mailer's documentation for help on how to do that.
See how one Internet company is billing the spammers for the resources they steal.
Support the campaign with a link.
Boycott spam. Take advantage of our technical expertise by using the following tools & techniques. Look for more methods to appear here.
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