Anti Spam – Anti Spam Techniques

**Please note: Oecd-Antispam.org is in no way affiliated with the intergovernmental organization OECD.org.

Who We Are: Here at Oecd-Antispam.org we are dedicated to helping the general public as well as large corporations find solutions that will help them fight the nuisance of spam. We realized that anti spam is not something that just one individual or even a handful of people can come together and be successful at. While many feel and believe that spam is something that will always exist, here we know and believe that it can be completely done away with, but it will take a group effort by as many internet users as possible. With the support of individuals, websites, corporations, etc… we can successfully put an end to all forms or spam no matter what type they are.

With that said, please feel free to browse through this toolkit that will help you address all the concerns and needs you may have in your own anti spam development and fight against stopping spam in all of its forms. If there is anything additionally we can do to help you, please feel free to contact us by using our contact page.

Our Mission: We understand that anti spam is not considered one of the more important or well known subjects online or anywhere for that matter. That is one of the primary reasons we are doing our best to spread the word about the anti spam movement. Although this website is fairly young, you will be glad to know that we currently very active in trying to spread the word and get as much support as possible.

The first plan of action for us is to try to educate as many people as possible about the different forms of spam, and some of the ways they can be counteracted and possibly stopped. It is a well known fact that when a person is properly educated on a particular topic or subject, they are in a very powerful position since they can then use that information to accomplish really whatever it is that they want. The same applies when it comes to anti spam due to the fact that when a person has all the details they will then know exactly what can be done to fight whatever form of spam they are dealing with.

Along with general information about spam, our visitors will find articles about companies who can actually be hired to manage whatever technology they are trying to protect from spam. We really hope that if we are able to get enough people from around the world on board in the movement of further developing anti spam, we will be able to force spammers to stop their abuse in all their different forms.

With that said… here you will also find policies one can implement, movements and activity that other companies and countries are doing to rid their part of the world of spam, solutions that one can be contracted or done in house, along with awareness and measures that connect individuals to help assist one another in this huge task of ending spam.

Why We Fight Spam: At times we receive requests from people to explain why we are spending so much time and resources on anti spam. The reason is simple… we know it can be irradiated. Another reason is that we received 1000x’s more complaints about spammers, than request about why we are interested in stopping them.

One thing that many every day users of the internet fail to realize is that both the software and hardware they use to access the internet are attacked on a regular basis. Since spam is something that has been around for what seems like forever, many people seem to not recognize they waste and spend tons of their time dealing with it. The time spent setting up, changing, and using passwords on electronic devices is a large part of the cost of spam.

When it comes to businesses and users of the internet for professional reasons, these people loose even more money than the average everyday user. Many times they have to hire IT professionals to regularly secure and update the products that the company uses on a regular basis. Along with having to hire such individuals, they have to spend $1,000s on hardware that also needs to be maintained, kept up to date, and fixed when it is compromised by a spammer. The third thing that is needed along to the 2 previously mentioned is, almost always, expensive software that sometimes needs to be customized and developed to fit with what a company needs.

There are more reasons that we could go into as to why we are actively fighting spam, but we think you get the idea. Throughout the website you will see the other reasons we are passionate about as to why we are doing our best to spread the word about anti spam.

How You Can Help: As mentioned earlier, the only way we will get close to ridding the technology world of spam is by having as many people as possible making an effort to contribute in one way or another to anti spam. With that said… we need and invite you to contact us with ideas and successful campaigns you have personally had to fight spam.

We often get requests from organizations wondering how they can sponsor or financially support what we are doing here at Oecd-AntiSpam.org, and while we appreciate such expressions of generosity we are not actively looking for such support. What is meant by that is, we both accept and appreciate financial contributions but we are not contacting companies looking for a hand out in that way. If you would like more details about this, please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have about this or anything related to anti spam.

There are many different areas of the website that have been put together to help you better understand anti spam, and how you can use it to fight spam. Some of them are:

Anti Spam Email Filters & Blockers - If you regularly use the internet to check your email, then you are probably already using some form of an anti spam email filter. The reason we say this is because almost all email providers and ISPs(internet service providers) all have their own email anti spam blocker setup for the benefit of their users. Have you ever noticed that an unwanted/spammy email goes directly to the junk mail folder without you ever moving it there? If so, that happened likely because of the setup that your email address already has by way of the email filter.

Do you know and understand how these spam blockers for electronic mail work? If not, this entire section is dedicated to educating you on how they work, and ways that you can get the most out of them. Here you will also find information about different services that various companies offer to help protect you from both unwanted and harmful emails that are sent to you.

Even if you are not interested in paying for one of these services or anti spam software programs, it is still important to know why millions of people are using some form of blocking emails. You will get plenty of details about both paid and free methods of preventing any unwanted mail from ever reaching your inbox. If you feel that something is missing, or it is not explained with enough detail for you to understand… please feel free to contact us and request that we send you this information personally or that we post it here on our website.

Anti Spam Information – In most areas of life that involve having an opponent, the more you know about them the more successful you can be against them. Whether it is business, sports, academics, or politics… having accurate information can be a very powerful and sometimes overlooked tool that can be extremely useful. When it comes to the fight on spam, that fact is no different. Spam is an organized business that make millions for these spammers each year, and for that reason they spend lots of time trying to figure out new ways to accomplish whatever it is they are looking to do. Just like them, those of us who are trying to fight spam need to be informed about exactly what methods these spammers are using so we can be in a better position to fight them. The business of spam is one that never stops, nor does it ever sleep… and for that reason to be informed requires that one keeps up to date with the ever changing anti spam information.

There are many good sources for anti spam information. One of the best sources we have found to be reliable and consistently good is the experience of other people. Sure their experience will not keep you up to date with new threats that are being used by spammers, but the experience of people who are actively fighting spam will allow an individual to see what does and doesn’t work for another person. What makes that information so valuable is the fact that trial and error will not have to be implemented to try and find the best anti spam solution. But by comparing what others have done, along with what is needed… usually a good anti spam service can be appropriately chosen to successfully fight spam.

Anti Spam Software, Programs, & Appliances - An excellent way to fight spam is to have the correct software programs and applications setup on your hardware to try and block spam in its various forms. The challenge in this type of anti spam is that you need to know exactly which program is going to best fit the needs of your system. There are those who use anti spam appliances for their computer whether PC or Mac, and it is important to know which one you are using.

The next thing that will affect which software you use is the operating system you are using since each one is developed differently, and thus will have certain requirements that need to be met before using it on the machine. After that you need to find out which features you are looking for prior to purchasing or downloading one(in the event that it is free), so you can make sure you are happy once it is installed on your machine. What will help you with this is checking out the section of our website that focuses solely on reviews that have been done for various spam programs currently on the market.

Anti Spam Solutions & Services - As you may or may not know, the anti spam business is one that generates billions of dollars each year from loss of productivity and even more in relation to advertising… no matter how much we may hate it. Whether it is advertising being forced in our face by way of emails, text messages, websites and pop-ups, harmful and phishing toolbars installed on a computer unknowingly to the owner, or attacks on other mobile SMS devices… anti spam is something that most users of these forms of technology hate. Since it is so common, and for many effective… we often assume that it is something that we HAVE TO put up with, and nothing can be done about it. That is where you are to be reminded that such a mentality is not necessarily the only option in the fight against spam, there are anti spam services and solutions that are available to individuals as well as huge companies with 1,000s of employees.

In this section of the website you will find some of the anti spam companies, solutions, and services that are available to combat spam. Many of them we have never done business with or personally used, and for that reason we will only mention and feature some of the things that their company or solution offers. Along with that we may mention some of the comments and reviews others have made/said about them, and with that you can decide to pursue that specific anti spam solution or not. Please do not assume that such anti spam services are only available to large companies, or individuals that have a large budget to spend… many of them are interested in working with consumers that use the internet and their devices for personal reasons… reasons that have nothing at all to do with business. If there is a specific company or service you would like to know more about, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will see what information and possible deals we can come up with.