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Paul Graham discusses the use of Bayesian filtering to block spam: "I think it's possible to stop spam, and that content-based filters are the way to do it. The Achilles heel of the spammers is their message. They can circumvent any other barrier you set up. They have so far, at least. But they have to deliver their message, whatever it is. If we can write software that recognizes their messages, there is no way they can get around that."

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Detailed specs on more than 140 anti-spam products and services. Compare-o-matic lets you match two or more against each other in a variety of categories.

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"The Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) investigates tools and techniques to mitigate the effects of spam. The focus of the ASRG is on technology solutions, although it may consider tools and techniques to aid the implementation of legal and other non-technical anti-spam measures. It also provides input for standardization efforts within the IETF."

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Instructions for removing one of the first instant-messaging spam applications.

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Microsoft proposal for reducing domain spoofing - and so opportunities for spamming: "Caller ID for e-mail would verify that each e-mail message originates from the Internet domain it claims to come from. Eliminating domain spoofing will help legitimate senders protect their domain names and reputations, and help recipients more effectively identify and filter junk e-mail."

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Discusses spam sent via instant-messaging applications. Network World, 02/09/04.

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Daily journal covers spam, phishing, viruses, privacy, spyware, and security.

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There's no silver bullet, but a coordinated strategy that includes usage policies, anti-spam tools and services can greatly reduce unwanted e-mails clogging your network. Network World, 05/13/02.

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A detailed look at the techniques and issues behind pharming.

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"Domains already publish MX records to tell the world what machines receive mail for the domain. Domains can also publish "reverse MX" records to tell the world what machines send mail from the domain. The world can check those records to make sure mail isn't spoofed.With SPF, those 'reverse MX' records are easy to publish: one line in DNS is all it takes."

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Fill out the form and get an estimate on how much spam is costing your company. By Cloudmark.

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"The Norwegian Spam Huntress - Ann Elisabeth."

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"Spam Kings: The Real Story behind the High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills, and %*@)# Enlargements is the first book to expose the shadowy world of the people responsible for the junk email problem. Author and veteran investigative journalist Brian S. McWilliams delivers a compelling account of the cat-and-mouse game played by spam entrepreneurs in search of easy fortunes and those who are trying to stop them."

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Blog for Brian McWilliams's Spam Kings book. Daily notes on major spammers.

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Latest spam news and analysis from Network World Fusion.

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"It's enough to make you go postal." Daily spam news and links.

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Weblog: "Cutting junk email out of your life." Spam-related links and news.

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"In response to the growing torrent of unsolicited bulk email, informally known as spam, many technical schemes have been proposed and implemented to distinguish spam from legitimate mail and to block delivery of spam while letting legitimate mail through. Although none of the schemes is the "magic bullet" that some proponents claim, some of them, particularly when used in combination with each other, can help limit the amount of spam that users receive." From Taughannock Networks. In PDF.

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Notes on e-mail and Weblog spamming.

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