All the M3AAWG email reports and bot metrics reports are available from the M3AAWG Reports page in this section.
All the M3AAWG Public Policy Comments are available fom the M3AAWG Public Policy page in this section.
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These best practices and white papers represent the cooperative efforts of M3AAWG members to provide the industry with recommendations and background information to improve messaging security and protect users. M3AAWG best practices are updated as needed and new documents are added as they become available.
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December 01, 2014
TLS for Mail: M3AAWG Initial Recommendations
M3AAWG recommends three basic measures, including turning on opportunistic TLS, that messaging providers can implement relatively quickly to enhance the security and privacy of their users’ mail.
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September 09, 2014
M3AAWG Policy Issues for Receiving Email in a World with IPv6 Hosts
In this paper, M3AAWG identifies some IPv6 anti-spam issues, provides recommendations to reduce abuse and offers an initial list of requirements for further technical work to address concerns within the broader Internet technical community.
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August 01, 2014
M3AAWG Telephony Honeypots: Benefits and Deployment Options
Honeypots are a proven technology used for detecting and understanding online threats that also can be used to fight telephony spam. This document was written to facilitate and encourage telephony honeypot development, as well as the use and sharing of information about and from those honeypots. It includes an overview of the benefits of such honeypots and also provides details of the various options that exist for setting them up.
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February 20, 2014
M3AAWG Feedback Reporting Recommendation
Just as speaking a common language allows two people to communicate effectively, standards that define the format of abuse reports and the destination address for them increase the effectiveness of network owners in fighting abusive traffic.
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December 30, 2013
M3AAWG DKIM Key Rotation Best Common Practices
To minimize the risk of active DKIM keys being compromised, they should be changed frequently. This document discusses why keys should be rotated, how frequently they should be rotated, and suggests the best common practices for doing so.