Other Voices on spam

Note: All articles in this section are the opinions of, and are copyrighted by, their respective authors.

Personal opinions on spam

• Peter da Silva on horizontal mailbombing
• Donald E. Eastlake 3rd on Pricing and Media
• Mark Eckenwiler on applying the US junk fax law to e-mail
• Abby Franquemont-Guillory on commercial vs. unsolicited spam
• Dan Gillmor on spam as extortion
• Chris Lewis on Usenet spam thresholds
• Todd Michel McComb with Spam - A Brief Q&A Session
• Aliza R. Panitz on commercial vs. non-commercial spam
• Robert Raisch on Postage-Due Marketing
• Howard Rheingold on The Tragedy of the Electronic Commons
• T. William Wells on Bulk unsolicited email
• Windigo the Feral on Spam by the Numbers

The lighter side

• Steve Ford's Green Backs in Spam
• Henry Neeman with a very simple explanation of why Spam is Bad

Service providers on spam

Panix Public Access Networks on filtering unsolicited mass e-mail

One ISP's implementation of site-wide e-mail filters which customers can choose whether or not to use.

ReplyNet's position on Unsolicited Junk E-Mail.....

An Internet-based business' take on unsolicited e-mail and Internet advertising.

Wolf's Den Educational Services e-mail policy.

An Internet site takes steps to prevent address harvesting by spammers trying to build up mailing lists.

Related Usenet FAQs

Advertising on Usenet: How To Do It, How Not To Do It

Discussion of acceptable and unacceptable ways to advertise
Posted to news.announce.newusers, news.admin.misc, misc.entrepreneurs, news.admin.net-abuse.misc, news.misc

Biz Newsgroup FAQ.

Why not to post ads to biz.* newsgroups.

Blacklist of Internet Advertisers

One suggested boycott list
Posted every 3-4 weeks to news.admin.net-abuse.misc, comp.mail.misc, alt.internet.services, biz.misc

Cancel Messages FAQ

Discussion of Usenet cancel messages
Posted monthly in news.admin.net-abuse.announce, news.admin.net-abuse.misc

Figuring out fake E-Mail & Posts

Spotting forged mail and news headers
Posted monthly to alt.2600, alt.spam, alt.current-events.net-abuse, news.admin.net-abuse.misc, alt.hackers

Net Abuse FAQ

General primer on Net abuse and spam
Posted three times a month in news.admin.net-abuse.misc, news.admin.net-abuse.announce, news.groups.questions

Scientology Spam Team FAQ

Details of one specific ongoing denial of service attack
Posted monthly in ca.usenet, la.news, la.general, alt.bbs.internet, alt.internet.services, news.admin.net-abuse.announce, misc.news.internet.announce, alt.religion.scientology

Miscellaneous Resources

• AOL's PreferredMail blocking list.
• Mail Filtering and Robots
• Cancelmoose[tm] Home Page - includes information about NoCeM, a personal Usenet-filtering tool.
• Fred Elbel's page on junk mail, telemarketing and spam.
• Robert Braver's Spam Page - information from a Usenet spam-canceller.
• Usenet newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.announce

Sample Acceptable Use Policies