Organization Member Application (including Institutional and Academic Memberships)

To apply for membership in the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti­-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG), please complete this online form and download the M3AAWG Bylaws & Governing Documents and the Membership Agreement. All new memberships must be accepted by the M3AAWG Board of Directors. All memberships must be renewed by the M3AAWG Board of Directors every 12 months from the date of application acceptance.

Membership rights and privileges will commence in accordance with the M3AAWG Bylaws after the membership is accepted and payment is received, unless an exception is approved. New members will not be listed in the public M3AAWG member roster and cannot display a M3AAWG logo or make any statement of membership on their website or in other organization materials, blogs or social media accounts for the first 12 months of their membership and can only do so after their membership is renewed for another 12 months. After the initial 12-month membership, companies that are renewed can request a M3AAWG full logo including the tagline for their website and can post on social media following the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group Communications Policy provided in the Governing documents. The Board of Directors can grant an exception.

Note: If a question is not relevant or does not apply to your company, please enter "N/A."

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Member Class

Please select the M3AAWG membership class you would like:

Supporter membership fee discounts are available, per below:

An application review can take 21 business days and additional information may be requested.
You will receive an invoice for payment of your membership dues after your application has been accepted by the M3AAWG Board of Directors.

Headquarters Information

Organization Information

Learn more about each priority area: Priorities and Focus Areas

Email Operations

Digital Trust and Safety

(e.g., fraud, phishing, scams, misinformation, infrastructure attacks)
(e.g., DNS, payments, social, hosting, identity, marketplaces)

Participation and Collaboration

Please add all of the domain names that might be used for your employee members' primary email addresses so that all employees you plan to allow access can obtain valid member IDs and access the M3AAWG members-only website. Our system will validate whether or not each user's primary email address matches one of the domains on this list for your organization. (Please enter the domains beginning with "https://" followed by the complete domain name after the "@" symbol.)
Domain Names
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Please note: M3AAWG works to develop technical and operations best practices to fight Internet abuse. We are not a deliverability or reputation forum. We do not lobby government bodies on regulations or legislation. Our membership acceptance criterion covers more than asking if an organization is following the "rules" and staying out of trouble. The membership criteria states: "the Board will assess the applicant’s potential to contribute positively...." “Positively” in this context has many facets, including technical expertise in fighting abuse and public positions on fighting potential abuse.

M3AAWG Bylaws & Governing Documents * Please read the M3AAWG Bylaws and M3AAWG governing documents and check the box below indicating that your organization agrees to abide by their terms and conditions if accepted as a member.

By submitting this application you are confirming that you have read and agree to the Membership Agreement, that the information you have provided in this online membership application is true and correct, and that your organization would like to be considered for membership in M3AAWG.
Typing your name acts as your electronic signature.

Organization Contact Details

All working Committee or Special Interest Group notices, including approvals of documents and membership notices from M3AAWG to the applicant, will be sent to the provided email address of the Primary Contact unless the member directs otherwise after being accepted.

Primary Contact Email

This is the contact responsible for maintaining your organization information and will receive notices from M3AAWG.

You may use a secondary email address for mailing list purposes.
Email address to use for all M3AAWG lists?
Secondary contact

The alternative contact will also be able to request changes to your organization information and will receive notices from M3AAWG if the Primary Contact email is no longer available.

Email address to use for all M3AAWG lists?
Billing Contact Container

You must use a unique email address for the billing contact.

Billing Contact No user login will be created for this contact.