Spam Links

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

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

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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.

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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

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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  

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Spam Email Lists and Web Boards

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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

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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

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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

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IRC Anti-Spam Channels

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

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