I don't know about you, but I spend way too much time fighting Spam. But, as they say, it's fighting the "good" fight. So come join the fight, rid the world of junk-mail and con-artists! If you know of any spam addresses or links, send them to me and I'll add them to this page. TIA!

Junk E-Mail http://www.junkemail.org/scamspam/
Maintainer of the SPAM-L FAQ http://www.ot.com/~dmuth/spam-l or http://abuse.net/spam-l
Complaint Addresses http://www-fofa.concordia.ca/spam/complaints.shtml
Anchor Desk "Special Spam Fighting Edition" http://www4.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_index_19970819.html
How to Get Rid of Junk Mail, and Telemarketers http://www.csn.net/~felbel/jnkmail.html
Responsible sites: http://spam.abuse.net/goodsites/
UCE closures posted: news.admin.net-abuse.email
FTC ScamSpam: http://www.junkemail.org/scamspam/

Add "spam bait" to your signature. Spam bait are addresses that screw up mass mailing lists by creating loops in the mail demon. Most spammed addresses come from robots that troll newsgroups. Here's some SPAM bait examples:
abuse@localhost, admin@loopback, $LOGIN@localhost, $LOGNAME@localhost, postmaster@localhost. $USER@localhost, $USER@$HOST, -h1024@localhost, root@mailloop.com

Again, since most addresses come from newsgroups, modify your name in your newsreader; i.e., joeuser@myisp.com could be joe!user@myisp.com [tell people to take the ! out] or joenospamuser@myisp.com.  You get the idea.

Get an address from a vigorous anti-spam mail provider like Bigfoot [www.bigfoot.com] and use that address as your reply to: address. This keeps A LOT of junk mail away!!

It's a BAD idea to reply to "remove" addresses, as this usually only confirms your email address as active, and sends extra spam your way. And be wary of clicking a URL embedded in an unsolicited message, as this may reveal your email address to that Web site!

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