Spam.org
Info about reducing spam, or junk e-mail on the internet. Our goal is the dispersal of accurate and useful information. The special project underway at this time is a comparison of spam filters, the page is a work in progress. If you have info that may help us, please see the contact page.
Volunteers needed - others to help and advise and work on the designs and goals of spam.org. There has been interest expressed in the following: A spam news email list. A review and comparison of various filters. An outline to help answer basic questions like "what should I do about spam". Informational documents written on specific subjects. Information for marketers and email list owners Interpretations of new spam laws. Links to sites which answer more technical questions. Co-ordination with other anti-spam sites.
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Contact us if you have an idea for useful features on this site and can work on implementing it. I am paticularly interested in publishing accurate and up-to-date information in the spam fighting field, so if you want to post something you have written, a pertinent document, or a link to something online which you have found useful, please contact me. Look at the New Info page for some recent examples.
Jan. 30th, 2010
- National Do Not Call List - This will get rid of most of your telemarketing
calls. Go online to: https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
Your registration will not expire. Telephone
numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it
permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became
law in February 2008.
We have created a discussion forum for spam, located at www.forum.spam.org . While still in the testing and development stages, it is open to the public.
Jan. 19th, 2006 - Phishing IQ Test - http://survey.mailfrontier.com/survey/phishing_uk.html
Jan. 18th, 2006 - Moved to a new server -
Do it Yourself kit to sue UK spammers -
http://spamlegalaction.pbwiki.com/ - Nigel
Roberts from Alderney in the Channel Islands recently took action against
Media Logistics UK over junk e-mails in his personal account. The Stirlingshire-based
firm has agreed to pay £270 compensation to Mr Roberts ...
- Learn
more about how I used the European anti-spam law in an English court
and ended up with an agreed payment of £300 from an email marketing company
who sent me unsolicited emails about contract car hire and their "fax
broadcasting" service. (Last updated 30/12/05)
Dec. 18th, 2004 - Telemarketer Rumors, we keep hearing about the possibility of cell phone numbers being released. Whether or not this turns out to be true you can always play it safe and call the Natonal Do Not Call List: 1-888-382-1222. It will block your number for 5 years.
Aug. 29th, 2004 - For those of you asking about specific things you can do personlly, we are testing out the new version of Spam Bully, which now has versions that work with either Outlook or Outlook Express. . From the makers of Spam Bully, "We hear Spam Sieve is a decent spam filter for the Mac".
Mar. 29th, 2004 - Interview with Dada Mail (Justin Simoni) about mailing list software.
Mar. 8, 2004 - New document with info on complying with federal CANSPAM Legislation.
Comprehensive Spam FAQ - This FAQ will help in deciphering which machine a fake e-mail or post came from, and who (generally or specifically) you should contact.
Simple things you can do yourself. Start by reading this from theSlowLane.com : http://www.theslowlane.com/other/filter.html
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