Spam Discussion

Many sites exist where various aspects of spam can be discussed. Some more specific discussion lists are listed amongst the other parts of this site.

• Anti-Spam on Usenet
• Mail and Web Anti-Spam Discussion Lists
• IRC Anti-Spam Channels

Related

• Discuss Hoaxes
• Discuss 419 Scams
• Discuss Disposable Email Addresses
• Anti-Spam Legal Discussion
• SMTP Session Verification Discussion
• Message Verification Discussion
• Spammer Discussion Boards

Anti-Spam on Usenet

Newsgroups devoted to discussing means to report, avoid and eradicate spam.

• news.admin.net-abuse.*
• Other Anti-Spam Newsgroups
• International Language Anti-Spam Newsgroups

news.admin.net-abuse.*

The news.admin.net-abuse hierarchy existed originally so that news administrators could report and discuss spam on newsgroups. It has been hijacked for discussions about the most visible form of spam, email spam. It is a good idea to read the charter of these groups before posting.

news.admin.net-abuse.* Homepage - wiki.killfile.org/projects/usenet/nana/

Newsgroup Name	Web Based Access	Charter / FAQ
news.admin.net-abuse.email (nanae)	google, killfile, 1001newsgroups	nanae charter nanae.org FAQ nanae FAQ (mirrors: 1 2 3 4 5 6)
news.admin.net-abuse.blocklisting (nanab)	google, killfile, sosdg, 1001newsgroups	blocklisting FAQ and charter nanab charter
news.admin.net-abuse.sightings (nanas)	google, killfile, 1001newsgroups	Removed in June 2009 nanas charter

news.admin.net-abuse.policy and news.admin.net-abuse.bulletins are also available, but not widely used. news.admin.net-abuse.sightings was removed in June 2009.

Other Anti-Spam Newsgroups

Newsgroup Name	Web Based Access	Charter / FAQ
alt.spam	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer	alt.spam FAQ Mirrors: 1
alt.stop.spamming	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer
comp.mail.headers	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer	No FAQ, but try Reading Email Headers
comp.org.cauce	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer	www.cauce.org/
grc.spam on news://news.grc.com/	temporary archive	www.grc.com/discussions.htm
spamcop.* on news://news.spamcop.net/	spamcop, gmane spamcop	www.spamcop.net/help.shtml#nntp
gmane.mail.spam.* on news://news.gmane.org/	gmane spam	mailing list to news/web gateway

International Language Anti-Spam Newsgroups

Country	Newsgroup Name	Web Based Access	Charter / FAQ / Notes
Croatia	hr.news.net-abuse	google
Denmark	dk.admin.netmisbrug	google, 1001newsgroups, nyhedsgrupper
Finland	sfnet.viestinta.roskapostit	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer	kaip.iki.fi/spam/SvrVukk.html
France	fr.usenet.abus.d	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer	usenet.abus.d charter Mirrors: 1
Germany	de.admin.net-abuse.mail	google, 1001newsgroups	de.admin.net-abuse.mail FAQ Mirrors: 1 2
Italy	it.news.net-abuse	google, 1001newsgroups
Japan	japan.admin.abuse	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer
Netherlands	nl.internet.misbruik	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer
Netherlands	nl.internet.misbruik.spam-signalering	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer
Poland	pl.news.mordplik	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer	mordplik = killfile
Switzerland	ch.admin	google, 1001newsgroups, usenet-replayer

Spam Email Lists and Web Boards

• Basic Spam Discussion Lists
• Technical Spam Discussion Lists
• International Language Spam Discussion Lists

Basic Spam Discussion Lists

Spamlaws Forums - forum.spamlaws.com/
Anti-Spam at Yahoo - groups.yahoo.com/group/anti-spam/
Spam Brigade at Yahoo - groups.yahoo.com/group/spam_brigade/
TOASTEDspam Forums - www.toastedspam.com/forum/index/
Stopping Spam - www.dslreports.com/forum/spam/
MickeyTheMan Spam Forum - www.mickeytheman.com/forums/?showforum=18
Xaprief Spam Forum - forums.xaprief.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=48 - UK focussed
Slashdot on spam - slashdot.org/search.pl?query=spam
EuroCAUCE - email to Majordomo@mlist.Austria.EU.net and include “subscribe discussion” in the body
SpamCop Help - www.spamcop.net/help.shtml
Public Consultation on Spam - www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ecic-ceac.nsf/eng/h_gv00315.html
Pill Spammers and Rogue Pharmacies - www.voy.com/156189/
SecurityForumX on spam - infosyssec.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=22
Spywarewarrior spam forum - spywarewarrior.com/viewforum.php?f=3
Spam Warehouse - blogs.delphiforums.com/spamwarehouse/start
Fight back against Spammers & Scammers! - web.tebweb.com:8080/cgi-bin/spm_forum/Blah.pl?,c=spam
InboxRevenge - ksforum.inboxrevenge.com/
DNSBL.info forums - www.dnsbl.info/forum/index.php

Technical and ISP Spam Discussion Lists

Spam-L - spam-l.com/mailman/listinfo - replaces old Spam-L that shut down in spring 2009
Spam Tools (abuse.net) - www.abuse.net/spamtools.html
Spam Tools (listmoms.net) - www.listmoms.net/lists/spam-tools/
Anti-Spam Research Group archives - www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/asrg/current/maillist.html
ietf-mta-filters - www.imc.org/ietf-mta-filters/ - server side filtering
RIPE Anti-Spam Working Group - www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/archives/anti-spam-wg/
Spam Filtering Tricks - spam.ctyme.com/
Sla.ckers on spam - sla.ckers.org/forum/list.php?9
Search for "spam" on Grokbase - grokbase.com/search?view=summary&qo=t&filter=&q=spam

International Language Spam Discussion Lists

Antispam-J - groups.yahoo.co.jp/group/antispam-j/ - Japanese
Antispam.de Forum - www.antispam.de/forum/ - German
!PC-Facile spam - www.pc-facile.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8 - Italian
Maxkava Forums - www.maxkava.com/forum/ - Italian
Comment combattre le Spam, spamcombat - https://www.bouissou.net/wws/info/spamcombat - French
Spamforum - spamforum.elfcentral.net/ - Finnish
Anti-spam.org.cn forums - anti-spam.org.cn/forums/ - Chinese

Related

• Anti-spam Organizations

IRC Anti-Spam Channels

#nanae on irc.dal.net (Saturday 2000 Eastern Time)
#spews on irc.dal.net
#spamfighters on irc.slashnet.org