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The expression SPAM targets invading our mailboxes with unsolicited email.

The SPAM definition, English.
http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html

The resources presented in this section may help to take the necessary precautions to avoid the spam or protect its mailbox or website from it.


CAUCE, Coalition Against Unsolicited E-mail, an organization who fight against SPAM, offers resources in English and in French.
http://www.cauce.org/, English
http://www.euro.cauce.org/fr/index.html, French
Opt-in or Opt-out debate. Opt-in means subscribing, willingly, to a list likely to send advertising or information of an adverting nature; Opt-out means asking for the removal of an e-mail address from a mailing list.
http://www.euro.cauce.org/fr/optinvsoptout.html, English
Join the list http://www.euro.cauce.org/fr/members.html, French
Join Cauce http://www.cauce.org/, English

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FAQs

The FAQ by James John Farmer, who warns that his Web site reflects only his own opinion.
http://www.spamfaq.net/, English
The Euro-Cauce FAQ http://www.euro.cauce.org/fr/faq.html, French
The Cauce site http://www.cauce.org/, English
The Scott Hazen Mueller's website for responsible eCommerce, English.
http://www.spam.abuse.net/
The Faq http://spam.abuse.net/faq/
 
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Overview on how to fight Spam, by James John Farmer, who warns that his Web site reflects only his own opinion, English.
Spam fighting overview http://www.spamfaq.net/spamfighting.shtml
The evil of spam. http://www.spamfaq.net/spam-evils.shtml
The Secuser Web site offers a clear explanation on Spamming and Mail bombing, how to react and good recommendations, French.
http://www.secuser.com/dossiers/spamming_mailbombing.htm
[Unfortunately, this site uses too much cookies.]
We dedicate a section of our Kit to a limited number of anti-spam solutions, that have been tested and are easy to set up.
Anti-spam Solutions, English
EcoFuture TM, Dedicated to sustainability and the ecological future of our planet, dedicate a column to fighting against SPAM, English.
http://www.ecofuture.org/jnkmail.html
What to do to end up with spam, set up by Mindworkshop, a graphical tools publisher, English.
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/nospam.html
Elsop column, Spam: How to Fight it, English.
http://www.elsop.com/wrc/nospam.htm
Scott Hazen Mueller's pages for the promotion of a responsible Internet commerce, English. http://spam.abuse.net/
Admin Help http://spam.abuse.net/adminhelp/
Anti-spam tips : Basic tips How to report spamming How to hide your email Filtering sofware Qmail and spam preventing Sendmail and spam preventing MS Exchange and spam Anti spam software for windows Software for unix-based systems. English.
http://www.anti-spam-tips.com/

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How to secure a server? How to protect your email system ? Preventing spam with Qmail and Sendmail? Protecting an MS Exchange server? Try a search in the box opposite.
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Block lists

Spamhaus.org, block list for spam services and spam servers, and a source of advice, English.
How to use the service http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/howtouse.html
Controlling an IP address http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/index.lasso
Faq http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl-faqs.lasso
how to send bulk email without spamming.
http://www.spamhaus.org/mailinglists.html
SPEWS is a list of areas on the Internet which several system administrators, ISP postmasters, and other service providers have assembled and use to deny email and in some cases, all network traffic from, English.
http://www.spews.org/index.html
Searching for an IP address http://www.spews.org/check.html
The SpamBouncer is a set of procmail recipes, or instructions, [Unix / Linux environment] which search the headers and text of your incoming email in order to detect spam and viruses, English.
Free software http://www.spambouncer.org/#WhatDoesItDo

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Identifying exploitable servers

Dnsbl.au.sorbs.net attempts to fight spam by finding and listing exploitable servers, English.
Controlling an IP address http:///www.dnsbl.au.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?
Submission page https://www.dnsbl.au.sorbs.net/submission.shtml
An interesting set of tools, in particular the blackhole list check, which calls various black lists for a domain name. There is also Sam Spade for Windows which is a freeware network query tool, English.
http://samspade.org/
SamSpade for windows

Spam relay

The spamlinks portal explains what is an open relay and how it works, and offers various tools to track and report spam, English.
Open relay http://spamlinks.net/relay.htm
Tracking spam http://spamlinks.net/trace.htm#auto
Anti-spam tools http://spamlinks.net/tools.htm
Spam bots http://spamlinks.net/spambots.htm
Fixing open relays http://spamlinks.net/prevent-fix.htm
ISP best practices http://spamlinks.net/prevent-isps.htm
Orbs.org is "The Open Relay Database", with a news letter, and a FAQ, English. As their server isn't responding, we have temporarily removed our link. http://www.orbs.org/
MAPS is a list of identified IP addresses, English.
http://www.mail-abuse.org/cgi-bin/lookup

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