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Web Based Email
Business webmail & mail hosting: Anti-spam, anti-virus, POP, IMAP.
www.electricmail.com
Complete Antivirus email
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www.ZoneAlarm.com
Email Filter for Business
Small business or large enterprise. Most accurate (Network Computing).
www.katharion.com
Anti Spam
Free Your Network. Eliminate Email Threats & Spam with Spam Soap.
www.spamsoap.com
Enterprise Spam Firewall
For 100+ Users. 99% catch rate. Block any kind of spam. Free eval
www.abaca.com/Free-Trial
Business Anti-Spam
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AntiSpam.Sendio.com
Anti Spam
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www.Fortinet.com
Mail Anti Spam
Stops Spam & Fraud Instantly! Best Spam Filter. Free Trial
www.cloudmark.com
Brightmail Anti Spam
Eliminate Spam with award winning cost effective solution.
www.anidirect.com
antivirusemail exposed?
don't buy antispyware until you read this
spywarefool.blogspot.com
Block Your Company's Spam
Google email security can stop spam before reaching your network.
www.google.com/a /security
Anti-Spam Buyer's Guides
Research the latest in anti-spam products & technology.
www.NetworkWorld.com
Listings
Anti-Spam Bill
New anti-spam bill introduced in California.
directmag.com
Better Ethics Online
Free service established to promote better ethics online.
actionsites.com
Big Fine for Spamming AOL Members
An article from 1999, written by the New York Law Journal.
www.nylj.com
Coalition Against Unsoliticed Commercial Email (CAUCE)
An ad hoc, all-volunteer organization created to advocate for a legislative solution to the problem of UCE (spam).
www.cauce.org
Controlling unsolicited bulk e-mail
Discusses who's taking action and what's being done; article by Sun World.
www.sun.com
Direct mail double cross?
How opt-in marketing is affected by spam.
www.salon.com
E-mail overload
CNN.com peers into email users state of mind when their inbox if filled unwanted messages on a daily basis.
cnn.com
eBetween spawning setup spam?
ZDNet article expose the possibility of a technology making the use of spam easier.
www.zdnet.com
Effective Action Against Spammers
Ways to fight spam.
www.windweaver.com
Elsop's Anti-Spam Page
How to combat spam.
www.elsop.com
Email Abuse FAQ
A complete table of contents that outlines frequently asked questions and answers regarding spam.
members.aol.com
Fight Junk Mail
Page provides two packages to help combat internet spam.
www.samiam.org
Fight Spam on the Internet
What is spam, why its bad and ways to derail it.
spam.abuse.net
Forum for Responsible and Ethical Email
site uunder construction
www.ybecker.net
FTC slams 'spam'
CNN.com highlights an FTC report.
www.cnn.com
Getting Rid of Spam
This article is an updated version of a long author's note in the 8 December 8, 1996 online issue of This is True.
www.thisistrue.com
How to Get Less Junk Mail
Gives helpful hints on how to have more control of the email you receive.
www.cpsr.org
How to Get Rid of Junk Mail
Web site offers tips, techniques, specific addresses to write, and numbers to call to get off those nasty junk mailing lists and telemarketing lists across the U.S.
www.ecofuture.org
I Don't Like Spam
A personal history and analysis of a journey through spam.
www.cpsr.org
Innocent Users Falsely Accused of Spamming
By Bob Schmidt, Author of The Geek's Guide to Internet Business Success.
www.provider.com
Internet spam cops
CNN.com goes on the beat with Internet Spam Cops.
cnn.com
L-Soft's Spam Information
What it is and what to do about it and how not to advertise a mailing list.
www.lsoft.com
Natscape - Dealing With Junk Email
A list of the offenders, offenses and helpful information to combat spam.
www.metareality.com
NetCreations Creates First Co-op Database for E-Mail
Links more than two hundred lists and six million opt-in e-mail addresses.
directmag.com
O'Reilly Stop Spam Center
News and products that work against spam.
stopspam.oreilly.com
Online petition against Spam
Internet users express their opinion to European Union politicians.
www.heise.de
Political Spamming
Californians are hearing from political candidates via email..is it right?
www.sfgate.com
Protesting Unwanted EMail
Spam Cop is a web site that lets you track spam back to its source and then complain about it to the proper authorities.
www.nytimes.com
Spam bombers
Former spammers divulge secrets about spam.
www.salonmagazine.com
Spam Me
A Washington Post article examines spam.
washingtonpost.com
Spam Progress Report
1997 ZDNet article.
www.zdnet.com
Spam scam slams a chain of fools
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY.
www.usatoday.com
Spam-Fighting Links
A collection of links that aid in the fight against spam.
www.panix.com
Study: Spam delivers bad news for ISPs
Article examines a study carried out by Gartner Group.
www.zdnet.com
The war for your e-mail box
Analyzes if anti-spam laws are necessary.
www.salonmagazine.com
Three ways to spamproof your in-box
PC World gives three options for hindering the infiltration of spam.
www.cnn.com
Usenet may block Excite@Home users
Excite@Home is hoping for a pardon from a proposed Internet newsgroup "death penalty" that could prevent its 1 million high-speed users from posting Usenet messages.
news.cnet.com
Viral marketing goes one step too far
How viral marketing contributes to spread of spam.
www.infoworld.com
When candidates spam
Examines politicians use of spam.
www.salon.com
Would you accept spam in exchange for lower Net costs?
Proposes and answers if users would accept junk mail if they were given a free ISP.
cnn.com
Web Based Email
Business webmail & mail hosting: Anti-spam, anti-virus, POP, IMAP.
www.electricmail.com
Complete Antivirus email
Get Award Winning Virus Protection and PC Security - Download Now!
www.ZoneAlarm.com
Email Filter for Business
Small business or large enterprise. Most accurate (Network Computing).
www.katharion.com

Guide to Finding Out Who is Spamming You (and protecting yourself)

How to determine which companies are selling your email address and to how to protect yourself from future spamming..


  • Ever wonder how your email address gets on the best stock advice, viagra, or some language you don't understand spam email list?
  • Ever need to register for free to "download trial versions of software" or "get information from a forum, blog, or wiki"?

  • I did! That's why I figured out a way to protect my email address as well as determine who is selling my email information.

    There are tons of anti-spam software programs out there today that can connect to your email account. Although, some do work up to a certain point, there are a number of ways you can protect yourself easily.

    If you have questions, post a comment or send me a message. I'd be happy to help.


    Action Steps

    The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

    Buy a domain Get yourself a domain. If you're a small business, you should already have one anyway. Nowadays, it's cheap and easy. For 8 bucks a year you can have the domain you want.

    I recommend:  MyDomain.com - you can search for availability and purchase your domain on the spot.

    Protect your WHOIS email address. If you've ever purchased a domain, you have a WHOIS email address. The company where you purchased your domain should have whois/spam protection which masks the email address displayed in the WHOIS record for your domain. Any email going to that masked email is filtered and forwarded on to your real email address.

    I recommend:  MyDomain.com - for free, they provide the email spam protection.

    Protect your WHOIS postal address If you've ever purchased a domain, you have a WHOIS email address. These typically need to be valid addresses in order to prove you truly own the domain. The company where you purchased your domain should have this functionality. What happens is the comapny provides their information in the WHOIS database, rather than yours. No more sales phone calls, junk mail or SPAM due to your domain registrations ever again.

    I recommend:  MyDomain.com - for $2.99/year, they provide WHOIS protection.

    Create email forwarding with your domain company Your domain hosting provider should have a 'catch all' email function. What this does is basically give you millions of email address with 1 domain.

    I recommend:  MyDomain.com

    Don't use your real email Well, kind of... When giving out your email address, use this technique. Make up a new email address everytime you need to give it out. For example, Let's say you own the domain isellchocolate.com. If I need to give my email address to cnn.com, I'll use the email 'cnndotcom@mail.isellchocolate.com'. Do this everytime you need to give out your email.

    I recommend:  MyDomain.com

    Find out who is spamming you You can determine who gives out your email address by looking at the 'To:' field of your incoming email. For example, you receive an email and it's to 'cnndotcom@mail.isellchocolate.com'. You look at the from address and it's not from cnn.com, you know that cnn.com is the one who is selling your email.FYI, I've never had an issue with cnn.com.

    I recommend:  MyDomain.com

    Tips & Tactics

    Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
    • After following the techniques, go check your WHOIS information at this web site.

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