All About AntiSpam Software

Some months ago I decided to get serious about stopping spam. I did an awful lot of research into spam, where it comes from, why it profits the spammer so much and the evolving methods of both sending and combating spam.

The culmination of this work was my informational website, and the e-book which covers the more easy to implement ideas for stopping spam. I also started a mailing list to send tips and tricks for combating spam to those with a similar dislike of the annoyances that flood mailing boxes.

One of the more pleasant side effects of this entire process has been the emails I now receive from members on that list with comments, thanks and occasionally...suggestions like the one I'm about to outline.

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In 2003 we saw the introduction of the CAN-SPAM act which, regretably is a step in the wrong direction by the US government. This article provides my own personal opinion of why.

Firstly, let's look at what the act does do. It makes it legal to send spam, but only in a specific way. It is illegal to send spam through virus infected or compromised machines - but then use of these things is illegal anyway. Spam must be sent from a valid e-mail address, and must provide a valid opt-out method.

Essentially what this means is that spammers can send anyone they want a mail and it is up to the recipient to opt-out of receiving more. Let's apply this reasoning to other laws - I can rob you

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Have you ever wondered just what sort of person sends spam? What type of person can nonchalantly annoy thousands of people every day and what is the gain for them? One of the biggest problems with spam is that it is a faceless crime - from both sides. To the spammer he has millions of faceless victims, he doesn't really think of the millions of addresses he spams as people, and he doesn't consider the aggravation his spamming causes. But it is also relatively faceless for us - the victim. We get upset at spam, but don't make the next step to being upset at the spammer. This is perhaps a telling sign at how much we have come to accept spam as something that just happens. In this article I will discuss one of the most public cases made against a spammer in recent times.

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