- M3AAWG Messaging playlist on YouTube
- Selected Training Videos (also available on www.youtube.com/maawg)
- Selected Keynote Videos (also available on www.youtube.com/maawg)
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Below are the M3AAWG published materials related to our messaging anti-abuse work. There is also a Messaging video playlist on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/maawg and there are a few selected videos on our website in the Training Videos and Keynotes Videos sections under the Meetings menu tab.
Best Practices
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March 31, 2019
M3AAWG DKIM Key Rotation Best Common Practices, March 2019
To minimize the risk of active DKIM keys being compromised, they should be changed frequently. This document was updated in March 2019 and discusses why keys should be rotated, how frequently they should be rotated, and suggests the best common practices for doing so.
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February 17, 2019
M3AAWG Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Flowspec Best Practices
Flow Specification (Flowspec) is a new type of Network Layer Reachability Information (NLRI) for the BGP routing protocol. It was originally developed to help mitigate DDoS attacks but its use has expanded to numerous other applications.
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January 01, 2019
M3AAWG Position on Email Appending, Version 1.0.1
In marketing terms, “appending” – also known as "e-appending" or "e-pending" – is the practice of taking demographic information known (or assumed) to be related to a particular customer and matching it with other data. It is the position of M3AAWG that this is an abusive messaging practice. The January 2019 Version 1.0.1 is updated to include the European Union's GDPR and CASL.
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December 20, 2018
M3AAWG Best Current Practices for Reporting Phishing URLs
Phishing continues to be a significant problem for hosting companies, mailbox providers, brand owners and, of course, for every internet user. This document iinforms all of these groups on the best current practices for reporting phishing URLs.
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June 01, 2018
A M3AAWG Introduction to Addressing Malicious Domain Registrations
This document focuses on defining malicious domain names and provides a non-exhaustive list of possible actions that can be taken to address them.
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Public Policy Comments
March 09, 2018
M3AAWG Comments on Proposed Interim Calzone Model for Compliance with ICANN Agreements and Policies in Relation to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation
M3AAWG provided comments on the proposed interim Calzone Model for ICANN agreements' compliance with the European Union's GDPR.
January 26, 2018
Proposed Interim Models for Compliance with ICANN Agreements and Policies in Relation to the EU's GDPR
M3AAWG provided comments on the ICANN report. The filed comments also are available on the ICANN website at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/gdpr-legal-analysis-2017-11-17-en
January 10, 2018
Comments on The Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review Team–New Sections Draft Report of Recommendations
M3AAWG provided input on the new sections added to the draft ICANN report. The comments can also be found on the ICANN site at http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/comments-cct-recs-27nov17/attachments/20180107/9b99c6d2/M3AAWG-ICANN-CCT-NewSections-2018-01-0001.pdf
August 30, 2017
M3AAWG Comments to FTC on CAN SPAM 2017
M3AAWG submitted these comments in response to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's request for comments on 16 CFR Part 316 of the CAN-SPAM Rule. The comments can be viewed on the FTC site at https://www.ftc.gov/policy/public-comments/2017/08/30/comment-87
August 27, 2017
M3AAWG Comments on Restoring Internet Freedom
M3AAWG responded to the Federal Communications Commission's May 2017 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) relating to net neturality that was titled Restoring Internet Freedom. Our comments can also be found on the FCC site at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/1082812398671.
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M3AAWG Reports
M3AAWG Email Metrics Report
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DM3Z Blog
Updates and Commentary from the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group
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News
News Releases
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April 04, 2018
Taking on Calendar Spam, Scheduling Developers Organization CalConnect Collaborates with Messaging Anti-Abuse M3AAWG
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March 28, 2018
Industry Anti-Spammer Pioneer Dave Rand Receives Lifetime Achievement 2018 M3AAWG Litynski Award
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February 19, 2018
M3AAWG Commends U.S. Homeland Security for Adopting Online Anti-Abuse Technologies to Protect Users; DHS Chief Cybersecurity Official Keynotes M3AAWG Meeting
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Articles About M3AAWG
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November 09, 2017
How Journalists Fought Back Against Crippling Email Bombs
https://www.wired.com/story/how-journalists-fought-back-against-cripplin...
Wired Magazine published ProPublica's journalist Julia Angwin account of how she and colleages were "list bombed" and talks about the growing problem, including a preventive strategy developed by M3AAWG.
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January 06, 2017
ICO's blog on its international work (M3AAWG and UCENet)
Representatives of the United Kingdom's independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest report on their work with members of UCENet at a four day event hosted by the Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) in Paris.
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September 30, 2016
Time To Talk Digital Issues At WTO With Focus On Developing Countries, Forum Hears
https://www.ip-watch.org/2016/09/30/time-to-talk-digital-issues-at-wto-w...
. . . dealt with by internet governance organisations such as ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the UN-backed Internet Governance Forum, Internet Engineering Task Force, and the Messaging Anti Abuse Working Group.
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September 26, 2016
Exploring Cybersecurity Topics on a Whirlwind Tour of Eastern Europe
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/exploring-cybersecurity-topics-on-a-whir...
". . . I plan to take advantage of the opportunity to network with first responders, law enforcement and cybercrime forensic professionals from Europe and Eastern Europe. APWG and similar conferences (e.g., Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti–Abuse Working Group – M3AAWG) are venues where the IS SSR team is most successful in building trust relationships and promoting participation in ICANN's multistakeholder community."
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September 22, 2016
News from Identifier Technology Health Indicators (ITHI)
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/news-from-identifier-technology-health-i...
. . ."First, ICANN will organize another ITHI workshop at the M3AAWG meeting in October in Paris."
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Videos
