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  • www.ordb.org: Open relay database allowing testing and look-up of open relays, plus a very useful FAQ section for learning how to both detect and close open relays
  • http://mail-abuse.org: A resource for general information and education pertaining to spam prevention
  • http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/antispam.html: Educational material for learning how to stop spam
  • http://songseek.com/spamorg/: Information about reducing spam
  • http://east-pub.mail-abuse.org/rbl/: The central world-wide database of known mail abusers provided as a public service
  • http://spam.abuse.net: Comprehensive resource for information on fighting spam
  • www.spamcon.org: Antispam resources for ISPs
  • www.remove.org: A subscription service which claims to manage your email address so that it does not get added to any spammer’s lists
  • http://www.spamlaws.com/: Listing of laws by country, state and date
  • http://www.spamrecycle.com/: Submitting your spam to this site will get it forwarded to the Federal Trade Commission and to the spam filter developers
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    As I waste 30 minutes of my life every day trying to find usually less than a dozen real e-mails buried in usually 200 items of American spam and increasing by the week, it's obvious to me that *nothing* is going to be done by American legislators or anyone to else to control American spam until the international e-mail system has become completely unusable. This is American "Free Speech" gone berserk.

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