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Spam

Databases:

*ORBS
a list of open relays, whether or not they've actually been used for spam; it includes facilities for *testing a relay to see if it is open, and adding it if it is open and not listed. This link will also allow you to see if a relay is in the RSS. You can *submit open relay reports by email (relays@orbs.org).
*RSS
(Relay Spam Stopper) a list of open relays which are actively being used by spammers. You can *test if a open relay is in the RSS. If you find a relay which is open, and being used by spammers, but isn't in the RSS, you might want to *submit it for inclusion in the RSS (relays@mail-abuse.org).
*RBL
(Realtime Blackhole List) a more manually maintained list of the worst network abusers, possibly guilty of more than just relaying spam. The RBL has a detailed *procedure to help educate network admins and escalate to reporting the ineducable to the RBL.

The RSS and RBL, and others, are maintained at *mail-abuse.org

The RBL maintains a set of resources to help MTA admins stop third-party relaying, at *http://www.mail-abuse.org/tsi/

*How To Complain To The Spammer's Provider, *The SPAM-L FAQ, *ARIN whois search.

*SpamCop's rather good *host tracker can help here.

*Janet has a useful collection (if you're in the UK) of *anti-spam resources.

Washington State in the US has an anti-spam law, and at least two folk have extracted money from or have sued spammers, unders its provisions: *TidBITS, and *(someone else)

Phil Agre put together a series of notes on *How to Complain About Spam, or, Put a Spammer in the Slammer. It's a little old, but still has good advice.

First, ones I've looked at:

Others I haven't got round to:

[Onward]
Norman
1 January 2001