Antispam Links and Strategies

Computerworld - For more information about spam and spam-fighting techniques, try the following links:
"Tangled Up in Spam," by James Gleick, The New York Times, Feb. 9, 2003
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20813FE3B5C0C7A8CDDAB0894DB404482

"How Antispam Software Works," by Seth Kaplan, Wired, April 2003
www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/start.html?pg=6

Reviews of 60 antispam products
http://email.about.com/cs/winspamreviews/

"Why Am I Getting All This Spam? Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Research Six Month Report," Center for Democracy & Technology, March 2003
www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml

www.spam.com has almost nothing to do with e-mail, but it's a good place to find out about canned meat.

"A Plan for Spam," by Paul Graham goes into considerable detail on how the author programmed a Bayesian spam filter.
www.paulgraham.com/spam.html

"Spam King Lives Large Off Others' E-Mail Troubles," by Mike Wendland,
Detroit Free Press, Nov. 22, 2002
www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend22_20021122.htm

The Internet Engineering Task Force has launched a new antispam initiative.
www.irtf.org/charters/asrg.html

The Spamhaus Project tracks the Internet's worst spammers.
www.spamhaus.org

Computerworld articles:
"Antispam bill reintroduced in Senate," April 11, 2003
www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,80249,00.html

"Mailblocks antispam service promises end to spam," March 24, 2003
www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,79665,00.html

"Antispam vendors roll out tools for corporate users," March 10, 2003
www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,79161,00.html

"IETF creates antispam research group," Feb. 28, 2003
www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/groupware/story/0,10801,78938,00.html

"Uh-oh: Spam's getting more sophisticated," Jan. 17, 2003
www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,77704,00.html

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