BestPrac.Org

Stop Spam : Best Practice in Email
Spam Prevention and Eradication

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Other Major Anti Spam Organizations

StopSpamAlliance is a joint international effort initiated by APEC, the EU’s CNSA, ITU, the London Action Plan, OECD and the Seoul-Melbourne Anti-Spam group.
MAAWG Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group
The Spamhaus Project An investigative group cooperating with law enforcement. Sued regularly by major spammers, so you know these people do seriously good work!
Spam.Abuse.Net Long standing pioneers in the anti spam movement, remains vitally active today.
Network Abuse Clearing House A "sister" site to Spam.Abuse.Net, covering a wider range of internet abuse issues than just spam alone.
Spamcon Foundation Formerly an excellent organization and resource, but now appears extinct. This link will be removed shortly if their site does not reappear.
iCAUCE CAUCE International (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email), the peak body for various regional CAUCE bodies around the globe. Site appears very outdated and not maintained for a few years.
CAUCE - Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email CAUSE US & CAUSE Canada merged in 2007 to form this 'new' CAUSE North America. Having won their long fight to gain anti spam legislation in the USA, this site is now mostly a blog of current spam related news and issues.
EuroCAUCE - European Coalition Against Bulk Email Mostly outdated and does not appear to have been maintain since succeeding in their efforts to have anti spam legislation introduced in Europe. Still has some worthwhile resources and links.
CAUBE-AU - Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk Email - Australia Has not been updated since Australia introduced anti spam laws in 2003. Contains a good summary of those laws, plus some useful links.
APCAUCE Asia Pacific CAUCE. Remains active
Antispam RU (Russian) (Foreign Language site.)
iCauce.AR CAUCE Argentina. (Foreign language site.)

Spam Tracing & Fighting Tutorials
(Some of the Organizations listed above also contain tutorials.)

Claws and Paws - Tracking Spam A valuable resource.
Spam Links - Spam Tracing Good, useful, up-to-date material.
The Anti-Spam Home Page No longer a tutorial, but makes for interesting reading nonetheless.
The Anti-Spam Home Page: Archived Older version. Still of some relevance & usefulness.
How Do Spammers Get People's Email Addresses? Article still relevant, though links at the end are mostly outdated.

Spam Blacklists & Spam Filtering Services

Mail Abuse Prevention System several types of Spam Black Lists
APEWS (Anonymous Postmaster Early Warning System) Replaces the former SPEWS
SpamCop Blocking List
Spamhaus Zen Three types of blacklist rolled into one
DNSBL Resource Reviews of 50+ public blacklists
SpamFighter end-user filter for Outlook/Outlook Express
SpamButcher end-user filter

Newsletters / E-Zines / Blogs

CAUCE North America Newsletters Scroll down past the "Join" section.
Spam-L Probably the most active anti spam discussion list in the world today
ISP-SPAM
The Spam Tools Mailing List From Abuse.Net
Internet Scambusters Includes internet fraud generally, not specifically spam
Terry Blink's Anti Spam Blog Blog by a member of Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services anti-spam team.
MailChannels Anti Spam Blog
Word To The Wise From the Sam Spade people. About Spam, delivery, email and more
Spamhaus News Blog
AllSpammedUp Blog Anti spam, anti phishing, malware and general email security in a business environment

Newsgroups / Usenet / Message Boards

Tools & Anti Spam Software

Sam Spade Once was excellent, now almost extinct. Hopefully this will be returned to its former glory shortly.
SpamCop Well regarded automated spam reporting service
Net.Demon Very dated, but still useful
NetScanTools Pricey, but excellent, regularly updated internet investigations software