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.
- 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.*
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. For more background on these groups read www.killfile.org/~tskirvin/nana/. It is a good idea to read the charter of these groups before posting.
| Newsgroup Name | Web Based Access | Charter / FAQ |
| news.admin.net-abuse.email (nanae) | google, killfile, 1001newsgroups | killfile.org nanae charter nanae.org/ nanae FAQ (mirrors: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7) |
| news.admin.net-abuse.blocklisting (nanab) | google, killfile, sosdg, 1001newsgroups | blocklisting.com/ nanab.org charter |
| news.admin.net-abuse.sightings (nanas) | google, killfile, 1001newsgroups | killfile.org nanas charter |
news.admin.net-abuse.policy and news.admin.net-abuse.bulletins are also available, but not widely used.
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 | ||
| Denmark | dk.admin.netmisbrug | google, 1001newsgroups, nyhedsgrupper | dk.admin.netmisbrug FAQ |
| 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 - strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/sitt/spamforum/category.jspa?categoryID=2
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
Technical and ISP Spam Discussion Lists
Spam-L - peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/spam-l.html
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
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
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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