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Why Spam Is Bad  - http://www.whyspamisbad.com/  A collection of links to help show Internet marketers why spam is harmful to their business and to provide some alternative means of responsible marketing.  Spam v. Profit  - http://www.isp-planet.com/perspectives/chooseyourmail.html  An e-mail marketer argues that ISPs can profit from e-mail marketing if it is done responsibly.  Address Munging Considered Harmful  - http://www.interhack.net/pubs/munging-harmful/  A paper arguing against the practice of spam-blocking on Usenet by using an altered email address.  How Bulk E-mail Can Destroy Your Small Business  - http://www.twowriters.net/spam.htm  An editorial on the negative effects of sending spam.  Information Filtering Resources  - http://www.ee.umd.edu/medlab/filter/  Papers about and links to projects about ways of filtering electronic information.  Unsolicited Bulk Email: Mechanisms for Control  - http://www.imc.org/ube-sol.html  This report by the Internet Mail Consortium discusses a variety of filtering mechanisms.  Unsolicited Bulk Email: Definitions and Problems  - http://www.imc.org/ube-def.html  This report discusses the costs of spam.  On Spam: Wasting time on the Internet  - http://www.microsoft.com/BillGates/columns/1998essay/3-25col.asp  Bill Gates gives his views on spam.  How to Advertise Responsibly Using E-mail and Newsgroups  - ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3098.txt  Article about how businesses can advertise without spamming.  Slashdot - Distributed Spam Detection  - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/01/1421201&mode=thread  Threaded discussion of spam detection systems and the razor p2p system specifically.  How the UK Can Stop Spam Without Damaging Free Speech  - http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/prose/spam.html  Suggested non-extraterritorial UK legislation that would stop spam globally.  Alleee and Franc's Insolitology  - http://www.insolitology.com/usenet/scams.htm  A description of Nigerian scams (also called 419 scams), with images and links.  Spam, Lies and Fake Reporters  - http://www.nukespam.org/OptInInc.html  Describes the tactics of Opt In Inc. and the president of Opt In Inc., Charles "Steve" Hardigree.  Outlook SPAM Tutorial  - http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/spam.htm  Tutorial to provide easy way to filter your unwanted junk email in Outlook and Outlook Express.  Al Iverson's Spamresource.com  - http://www.spamresource.com/  Collection of articles written by a former employee of MAPS.  E-mail Marketing Articles  - http://www.emailresults.com/articles.asp  Articles about how e-mail marketers can avoid spamming.  NYTimes.com - 3 Web Sites Closed in Spam Inquiry  - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/technology/12SPAM.html  Three companies using email to solicit the sale of nonexistent web addresses have been ordered to close their web businesses. [requires free NYTimes.com registration to view]  Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of Spam  - http://www.templetons.com/brad/spam/spam25.html  Discussion of spam history and early spam sightings.