Solutions to the Internet Spam Problem
What are spam and UCE (Unsolicited CommercialE-Mail)?

"Spam [UCE] is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. Spam costs the sender very little to send -- most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the carriers rather than by the sender." [http://spam.abuse.net/whatisspam.html]

There are many things you can do now to fight spam and UCE. Show your support for Pending Legislation to outlaw spam by writing/calling your representatives in government. Encourage law enforcement officials to enforce already enacted anti-spam legislation.

• San Diego Union-Tribune: Spammers Face Felony Counts

Adopt and enforce a spam and UCE policy and publish your policy so that your clients and potential clients are aware of it. Many good spam and UCE policies can be found here:

• Responsible Anti-Spam Sites

sendmail Resources
Blocking spam is now easier than ever on your Virtual Private Server. New methods have been implemented in the newest version of sendmail to help fight spam. In addition to new features, the default sendmail configuration continues to support the same anti-spam features supported previously.

• Blocking Spam - The access File
• Blocking Spam - The spammers File
• POP-Before-SMTP Anti-Spam Configuration
• sendmail Configuration Utilities

Other Resources
Your Virtual Private Server includes several other features you can use to fight spam.

• Spam Assassin - Eliminate UCE
• Procmail - E-Mail Filtering and Sorting Utility
• Wpoison - Prevent Web Site E-Mail Address Harvesting

More Information
For more information about spam and resources that can be used to fight it, see the following.

• CAUCE - Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
• SpamCop
• SpamWhack
• UXN Spam Combat
• The SPAM-L FAQ