Changes: Mail Abuse Prevention System

Latest revision as of 18:26, 5 December 2011

The Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) is an organisation that provides anti-spam support by maintaining blacklists.

They provide five blacklists, categorising why an IP address or an IP block is listed:

Real-Time Blackhole List (RBL), the one for which MAPS is probably best known.
Dialup Users List (DUL), blocks of IP addresses that include many small office and home office users.
Relay Spam Stopper (RSS), spam relays, e.g. hijacked servers.
Open Proxy Servers (OPS), naively open SMTP servers.
Non-confirming Mailing List (NML), marketers who use opt-out strategy.

The acronym MAPS is spam spelled backwards.

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+== Definition ==
-The '''Mail Abuse Prevention System''' ('''MAPS''') is an organisation that provides [[anti-spam]] support by maintaining [[blacklist]]s. They provide five [[blacklist]]s, categorising why an [[IP address]] or an [[IP block]] is listed:
+The '''Mail Abuse Prevention System''' ('''MAPS''') is an organisation that provides [[anti-spam]] support by maintaining [[blacklist]]s.
+== Overview ==
+They provide five [[blacklist]]s, categorising why an [[IP address]] or an [[IP block]] is listed:
 * [[Real-Time Blackhole List]] ([[RBL]]), the one for which MAPS is probably best known.
 * [[Dialup Users List]] ([[DUL]]), blocks of [[IP address]]es that include many small office and home office users.
 * [[Relay Spam Stopper]] ([[RSS]]), [[spam]] relays, e.g. hijacked [[server]]s.
-* [[Open Proxy Servers]] ([[OPS]]), naively open [[SMTP]] [[server]]s.
+* [[Open Proxy Server]]s ([[OPS]]), naively open [[SMTP]] [[server]]s.
 * [[Non-confirming Mailing List]] ([[NML]]), marketers who use [[opt-out]] strategy.
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 [[Category:Spam]]
 [[Category:E-mail]]
+[[Category:Definition]]