Spam is often associated with email, and with a reason. Most email account nowadays have had at least one spam in their inbox. What is spam exactly? Spam is unwanted mail which you get in your inbox. Spam usually are filled with advertising telling you to buy some product being sold.
Usually, the spammers (those who send you spam) get your email address from websites which take your email address for say, gaining access to their website. You might be interested to know that Codefusion Lab has a strong NO SPAM Policy.
Check out these websites to know more about spam: Spam Fight Website, Spamfo.
If you personally want to know how to fight spam, check out these websites: Fight Spam Yourself, I want ot fight spam!
If you want to report the spam you have found, go to either of these websites and report them: KnujOn, Spamcop.
If you want to test your email system's vulnerability to malware, and not only spam, check out GFI Email Security Test. It will perform a rigorous test on it and point out its vulnerabilites.
For webmasters, I have a server-side (perl modules) script which can be installed to protect their email services. Check out SpamAssasin, which is cross-platform.
Now, finally if you are becoming obsessed with spam, you might want to keep yourself up-to-date with news related to the anti-spamming world at SpamNews.
Downloadable Software
Comodo AntiSpam - Free Anti-Spam Software/Tool/Guide
This is a free anti-spam solution for your Windows operating system. It filters your incoming mail for spam and compares it against a list of know spam sources.
Inbox - Free Anti-Spam Software/Tool/Guide
This software is not only a spam remover, but also a malware remover. It removes all types of spam, spyware, virues, etc on your mail server. This means that your computer is not even getting in contact with any such malware. Inbox just deletes them when they are at a safe distance (i.e. on your server). This is a Windows software.
Ken's Spam Filter - Free Anti-Spam Software/Tool/Guide
This software allows you to protect your incoming mail by comparing it against list of email addresses it stores. The email addresses in that list is defined by you. You chose who to include and not. Ken's Spam Filter also has a built-in ability to make incoming email senders verify themself by confirming a code sent bakc to them when they send an email to you.
SpamDel - Free Anti-Spam Software/Tool/Guide
This software is not only a spam remover, but also a malware remover. It removes all types of spam, spyware, virues, etc on your mail server. This means that your computer is not even getting in contact with any such malware. SpamDel just deletes them when they are at a safe distance (i.e. on your server). It is very similar to Inbox.
SpamPal - Free Anti-Spam Software/Tool/Guide
This is a free anti-spam solution for your Windows operating system. It filters your incoming mail for spam and compares it against a list of know spam sources.
Web-Based Software
0Spam.com - Free Anti-Spam Software/Tool/Guide
This software allows you to access a clean POP email account. It filters out all the spam/malware and allows you to access you email with no spam. It works with most popular email services.
SpamMotel - Free Anti-Spam Software/Tool/Guide
This service allows you to create an email address which you can use to give to to suspicious spamming websites. If the websites do indeed send you spam, they will have their email address blocked. However, if no infection is found, the email will be forwarded to your actual email account (which you provide the address of).
Free Disposable Email Accounts
BlueBottle - Free Disposable Email Accounts
This service is similar to the concept of Ken's Spam Filter, in the way that to protect your incoming mail by comparing it against list of email addresses it stores. The email addresses in that list is defined by you. You chose who to include and not. It also has a built-in ability to make incoming email senders verify themself by confirming a code sent bakc to them when they send an email to you.
Mailinator - Free Disposable Email Accounts
This service provides free disposable email accounts which you can use for one-off purposes and then forget about them forever. Useful for registering in unknown forums, websites, etc. Similar to Spaml.
Sneakemail.com - Free Disposable Email Accounts
This service allows you to create an email account which you can use to give to to suspicious spamming websites. If the websites do indeed send you spam, they will have their email address blocked. However, if no infection is found, the email will be forwarded to your actual email account (which you provide the address of).
Spaml - Free Disposable Email Accounts
This service provides free disposable email accounts which you can use for one-off purposes and then forget about them forever. Useful for registering in unknown forums, websites, etc. Similar to Mailinator.
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