Spam Wars : Our Last Best Chance to Defeat Spammers, Scammers and Hackers

Introduction xi Email Predators, Guardians, and Victims 1(8) Grasping Spam (not SPAM®) 9(12) How We Got into This Mess 21(10) Behind the Curtain: How Email Works 31(12) It's the Spamonomy, Stupid! 43(8) How Spammers Get Your Email Address 51(12) Meet the Spammers and Scammers 63(20) The Spammer's View of the World 83(14) How Spam Differs from Junk Mail 97(8) The Antispammer's View of the World 105(16) Spammer Tricks Part 1: Headers 121(16) Spammer Tricks Part 2: Messages 137(38) Beware Geeks Bearing Gifts 175(8) Rule #3: Spammers Are Stupid 183(20) Technology as a Partial Solution 203(24) The Law as a Partial Solution 227(26) An Email Manifesto and To-do List 253(26) Appendix A. All about Email Message Headers 279(12) Appendix B. An Introduction to Spam Sleuthing 291(16) Appendix C. Online Resources 307(4) Glossary 311(8) Index 319