Welcome to SpamHelp

The belief that spam emails (a.k.a junk mail) pose a genuine threat to the overall usefulness of e-mail communication is quickly gaining widespread acceptance. With the accelerated growth in the volume of spam emails being sent every year, now accounting for over 80% of all email traffic, spam has become a problem that governments, businesses and the public in general can no longer ignore. But the fight to control spam is an ongoing struggle with spammers constantly devising new methods and tricks to get their unsolicited messages to the widest audience possible. As a result, technology and legislation is constantly evolving to meet these new challenges, and likewise, here at SpamHelp, we are committed to building a resource that evolves to reflect the changes in the war against spam.

We intend to take a look at all the different angles related to controlling spam. As a home user, what steps can be taken to limit the volume of spam that I receive? As a network administrator, what steps can I take to control the volume of spam hitting my mail servers and entering the network? What spam filtering software is available to control spam at the desktop? What server-based antispam software is available? What are governments doing to discourage spamming? The answers to all these questions and more will be found here on SpamHelp. We hope the information provided within these pages will prove useful and practical in your efforts to fight spam. Enjoy your stay and please remember to visit us on a regular basis to keep up with all the latest developments.

Anti-Spam News

• Have you tried Spam lately?
Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:34 -0700 - SEATTLE -- On a recent cross-country road trip, I visited the Hormel Foods factory and neighboring Spam Museum in Austin, Minn. The air surrounding the factory smells just like Spam. If you're like most Americans, you're probably gagging at the thought of Spam-scented air. I say, take another sniff. Because if you set aside Spam's longstanding reputation as a pink, slimy, salty block of sodium ...
• Why you should give Spam another try
Wed, 22 May 2013 11:39:42 -0700 - SEATTLE — On a recent cross-country road trip, I visited the Hormel Foods factory and neighboring Spam Museum in Austin, Minn. The air surrounding the factory smells just like Spam. If you're like most Americans, you're probably gagging at the thought of Spam-scented air. I say, take another sniff. Because if you set aside Spam's longstanding reputation as a pink, slimy, salty block of sodium ...
• Jalapeno SPAM Hawaiian Burger prepared by: Phil Marchand, Sioux City Fire Rescue
Fri, 24 May 2013 06:14:05 -0700 - When I found out Master Firefighter Phil Marchand of Station 4 is a master of cooking with SPAM, I had to have him join me on What's Cookin'. He served up a Jalapeno SPAM Hawaiian Burger and Black Pepper SPAM spread.
• Swindles and Spam, Lurking in Your Search Results
Wed, 22 May 2013 10:53:44 -0700 - A little caution when using a search engine can help you steer clear of fraudulent merchandise and keep out of the clutches of spammers.
• Penguin 4, With Penguin 2.0 Generation Spam-Fighting, Is Now Live
Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:52 -0700 - The fourth release of Google’s spam-fighting “Penguin Update” is now live. But Penguin 4 has a twist. It contains Penguin 2.0 technology under-the-hood, which Google says is a new generation of tech that should better stop spam.
• Google Penguin 2.0 Spam Report Form Now Available
Thu, 23 May 2013 10:01:51 -0700 - It's been less than 24 hours since Google Penguin 2.0 went live, but there are already several reports of big changes. There are also many reports that, despite Penguin, Google is still ranking spam sites. You can now report this directly to Google.
• Spam and the Byzantine Empire: How Bitcoin tech REALLY works
Thu, 23 May 2013 02:16:22 -0700 - Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask Analysis Why does Bitcoin work? Fraudsters should have left it in cinders years ago, and might have done, if it wasn’t for two things: spam and the Byzantine Empire .…
• How to Detect Swindles and Spam Lurking in Your Search Results
Wed, 22 May 2013 10:46:37 -0700 - A little caution when using a search engine can help you steer clear of fraudulent merchandise and keep out of the clutches of spammers.
• Still Seeing Post-Penguin Web Spam In Google Results? Let Google Know
Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:57 -0700 - Google’s next generation Penguin update is now live and webmasters and SEOs are carefully assessing how this update has impacted their websites. Google is assessing things as well — how this has impacted the search results, search quality and searcher satisfaction.
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 23, 2013
Thu, 23 May 2013 14:19:59 -0700 - The fourth release of Google’s spam-fighting “Penguin Update” is now live. But, Penguin 4 has a twist. It contains Penguin 2.0 technology under the hood, which Google says is a new generation of tech that should better stop spam.

Site News

3 May 2008 - Happy(?!) birthday to e-mail spam! Today, spam is 30 years old, with the first spam e-mail sent by Gary Theurk, an employee at Digital Equipment Company (which was purchased by Compaq and later HP), to 393 Arpanet users. More info

9 April 2008 - InfoWorld have carried out comprehensive reviews and comparisons between anti-spam appliances. The full article may be read here. If you're only interested about the results chart, you may check it out here.

16 May 2005 - A new "Q" variant of the two-year-old Sober worm is responsible for a large amount of spam emails in the German language containing neo-Nazi propoganda. Sober.q itself is not a worm: "There's no binary attachment. Machines infected by Sober.p are downloading the code that's necessary to execute this most recent Trojan." said Sam Masiello, the director of threat management for Denver-based MX Logic.

17 March 2005 - Added a new section, humor with a feed from Spamusement!

6 October 2004 - We've launched a new services category for those who prefer a hosted anti-spam solution. The industry name for this solution is managed anti-spam.

19 September 2004 - Do you need a server-based antispam package but can't figure out which one is best for you? Then check out the SpamHelp AntiSpam Feature Comparison! Just specify the features you prefer and let our comparison do the rest.

16 August 2004 - Our SMTP open relay tester has now come out of BETA. It can be found here. It also has the ability to report to DSBL (Distributed Server Boycott List), a blacklist.

20 February 2004 - Last month we opened up the events section, and we're now covering several areas related to spam. We'd like to hear from you regarding which areas you're mostly interested in, and anything else that we haven't yet covered. Send us an email!

20 October 2003 - A submission form has been made for developers who would like to submit their products to any of our sections.

5 October 2003 - The services section has been split up into two categories - disposable email services and challenge/resonse services for your convenience. More categories and listings will be up soon.

1 October 2003 - An appliances section has been added to the site, featuring listings of anti-spam hardware solutions.

30 September 2003 - We've brought some useful tools together to help in the war against spam. Check out the new Network Tools section!

23 September 2003 - Launched a new tool - Harvester Killer. This page shows a hundred randomly generated email addresses. Email harvesters will store all of these emails in a DB, and following the link at the bottom of the page, filling them up with more invalid email addresses. They eventually end up in an infinite loop. Help fight spam yourself by linking to this page!

22 September 2003 - The articles section is finally open. We've put up two great articles by the Federal Trade Commission and the CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY & TECHNOLOGY. Check them out here.

14 September 2003 - We have added functionality that enables us to have different categories for listings. For now, we have splitted up the software section into client-side software and server-side software.

6 September 2003 - The services section is now up and running, database driven. We will be working on allowing comments and voting, sorting, searching and of course a submission form.
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Anti-Spam Software

Client-based anti spam software - software spam filters that reside on your own computer, performing spam filtering as you receive it. Such software may be available as a stand-alone product that filters mail before reaching the email client or as an add-on that integrates with your email client.
Server-based anti spam software - anti-spam software solutions that are installed either on the mail server itself or in front of the mail server. Therefore gateway based anti-spam solutions are also included in this section. Such solutions normally perform spam identification and filtering before legitimate emails are distributed to the intended recipients throughout the network. Click here for our customisable feature comparison!

Latest Software Listings

GFI Anti Spam Filter		[15 May 2008]
M-Switch Anti-Spam		[03 Apr 2008]
Astaro Security Gateway		[22 Apr 2006]
Hexamail Guard		[13 Feb 2006]
Feox for Outlook/OE		[13 Feb 2006]
McAfee SpamKiller		[13 Jul 2005]
ASB AntiSpam		[22 May 2005]
Outlook Spam Filter		[22 May 2005]
SpamButcher		[22 May 2005]
Symantec AntiSpam for SMTP		[21 May 2005]

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