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== Anti-Spam Techniques ==

=== Blocking Domains ===
Domain blocking is not always effective. Since spammers are often spoofing domains, this results in the [http://www.mywire.com/pubs/PCMagazine/2004/03/16/418338?extID=10051 unintended blocking of non-spammers.]
=== The Earthlink Spam Blocker===

===Charging for Sent Emails===
This technique consists of charging companies to send their commercial e-mails to a big number of people. This is a controversial approach, since the Internet is a medium that has always been free. However, this approach could lead to a more formal/controlled way of commercializing over the internet.

*Related Articles
**[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/technology/05AOL.html?ex=1296795600&en=6efb03c8cbfac79e&ei=5090 Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail]
**[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2006-02-05-aol-yahoo-email_x.htm AOL to charge fee as way to cut spam]
**[http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/ Gates: Buy stamps to send e-mail]
**[http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/archives/2007/02/how_to_charge_your_clients_for_1.html How to charge your clients for email marketing]

===Opt-In===
Opt-In is a term used when someone is given the option of receiving bulk e-mail when they are registering to some sort of database system. This technique implies a number of practices that will ensure correct ways of managing e-mail marketing campaigns.

[http://www.opt-in-email-marketing.org/ Opt-In E-mail Marketing] is a great resource for obtaining tips on e-mail marketing and reviewing other campaigns.

=== Domain Authentication ===
Weaknesses in the SMTP protocol have allowed spammers to remain anonymous by allowing them to "spoof" sender addresses. [http://www.buit.org/2007/05/25/get-rid-of-spam-with-smtp-authentication/ Domain authentication technologies] would correct this and allow spammers to be identified.
=== Bounties ===
Spam bounties, or rewards leading to the arrest of spammers, have been [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/17/tech/main644056.shtml considered by the US government]. In 2004, Congress requested a report by The Federal Trade Commission which concluded that rewards between $100,000 and $250,000 would be necessary to make the program work.

=== The Goodmail approach: ===

Described as a guaranteed delivery of email for a price. Email will be guaranteed not to be spam-blocked by the Goodmail providers to its customers.

Although this will limit certain types of spam, like money cons from Nigeria, it does not prevent other types of corporate spam. This is more of a attempt to legalized marketing technique to spam.
There are also many individual and different interpretations of what spam is to an email user that we do not want the company deciding what is spam for all of its email clients.

=== Bonds with escrow agencies: ===

One of the archaic initiatives (as of 1994) to curve spam that was originated by on of our industry leaders "Bill Gates". Although this technique creates some virtual money trail, it may produce corrupted escrow agents that can manage the results to hide certain individuals or companies from the blacklist. This technique could also limit the accessibility of email to non-profit organizations and/or poor individuals.

It is hard to keep up and enforce correctly across different countries that may have laws to allow or disallow certain types of email. By providing this type of block the abusing individuals or institutions will change the medium on how email messages are delivered. From text to sound or movie files instead making it harder to detect and interpret by a program or filter.

=== Links: ===
*[http://www.networkcomputing.com/showitem.jhtml?docid=1509f1 Anti-Spam]
*[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2737 Goodmail Approach]
*[http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/lawpoli/spam/2004072502.php Bonds with escrow approach]
*[http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4020610.search?query=spam+bonds+with+escrow+agencies Bonds with escrow approach - Spam Filter]

2007-07-05T23:06:57Z

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== Anti-Spam Techniques ==

Blocking Domains

The Earthlink Spam Blocker

Charging for Sent Emails

Opt-In

Domain Authentication

=== Bounties ===
Spam bounties, or rewards leading to the arrest of spammers, have been [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/17/tech/main644056.shtml considered by the US government]. In 2004, Congress requested a report by The Federal Trade Commission which concluded that rewards between $100,000 and $250,000 would be necessary to make the program work.

The Goodmail Approach

Escrow Bonds

Links
*[http://www.networkcomputing.com/showitem.jhtml?docid=1509f1 Anti-Spam]

Group Members:
*[http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jjhernan Jorge J Hernandez]