It's been a quiet day, with a few reports of phish and pop-up spam.  It looks like we haven't covered spam reporting in a while.

        Because I work so much with spam already as part of the sa-blocklist and SURBL projects, I take an additional step and report spam to the organizations and agencies that have interest in certain spam categories.  I tend to prefer email accounts to which I can bounce spam emails (make sure you remove the original recipient addresses or they'll get the spam again!) as this is easier to script than trying to send the emails through web forms.

        First, the FTC will take any spam you get; send it to uce_at_ftc.gov .  Also, spamarchive.org is interested in any spam you have, but please send it as an RFC822 attachment (see your email client docmuentation on "How to send as an attachment") to submitautomated_at_spamarchive.org .

        Here are the reporting addresses I use, by category:

- Theft of cable services: ocst_at_ncta.com

- Child pornography: children_at_interpol.int, gmail_at_cybertip.ca .  Other than these, do not redistribute the spams, visit any advertised sites, or keep the emails.  You shouldn't send these to spamarchive.org as these are republished on an ftp server.

- Nigerian/419 scams (http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/): 419.fcd_at_usss.treas.gov

- OEM software: netpiracy_at_siia.net, piracy_at_microsoft.com

- Phish scams: reportphishing_at_antiphishing.org, phish_at_ists.dartmouth.edu, spam_at_mailpolice.com, and  phishing-report_at_us-cert.gov.  Also, postmaster_at_corp.mailsecurity.net.au, spoof_at_millersmiles.co.uk, and report_at_reportphish.org are interested, but please send the phish mail as an RFC822 attachment.

- Pills: webcomplaints_at_ora.fda.gov, drugs_at_interpol.int

- Pyramid scams: fraud_at_uspis.gov

- Rolex/replicas: steve.gobin_at_rolex.com, expert_at_lpconline.com

- Stock/pump and dump: enforcement_at_sec.gov

- Tobacco: alctob_at_ttb.treas.gov

- Viruses: newvirus_at_kaspersky.com, vsamples_at_f-secure.com, virus_at_cai.com, virus_at_commandcom.com, virus_at_pandasoftware.com, virus_doctor_at_trendmicro.com, virus_research_at_nai.com

        Some of the above came from Spamlinks Reporting page - many thanks for an excellent resource.  The email addresses I covered above tend to be focused on US agencies; definitely visit spamlinks if you live outside of the US.

        -- Bill Stearns (http://www.stearns.org, wstearns@pobox.com)