Index

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