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Solutions to the Internet Spam Problem
What are spam and UCE (Unsolicited Commercial E-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]

Until spam is outlawed there are a few things you can do now to fight it. Show your support for Pending Legislation to outlaw spam by writing/calling your representatives in Congress. 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

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

• Blocking Spam
• POP-Before-SMTP Anti-Spam Configuration
• 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