Activities
Work in Progress
MAAWG is driven by market needs and the insight of its global membership. With member companies from Asia, Europe, North America and South America, the organization currently is working on a variety of initiatives addressing ongoing and emerging messaging abuse issues, including bot mitigation, cooperative industry outreach, Web messaging abuse, DNS abuse, wireless messaging, senders issues and other topics.
MAAWG is the only organization that targets messaging abuse by simultaneously focusing on the varied facets of the international challenge. Our committees are organized around technology, industry collaboration, cooperative public policy efforts and special interest groups. Projects are accomplished within these groups and their associated subcommittees. MAAWG is a member of the London Action Plan (LAP) and an associate partner of the StopSpamAlliance, has liaison relationships with the IETF and other organizations, and often joins forces with public policies agencies and other anti-abuse organizations.
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Published Documents and Email Metrics Reports
Find all the current MAAWG best practices, white papers, reports and surveys here - from ISP bot mitigation to recommendations for improving volume email deliverability. MAAWG papers have been developed through a collaborative process among our global membership, often with assistance from our expert MAAWG Senior Technical Advisors.
The complete archive of our email metrics reports – the MAAWG Email Metrics Program: The Network Operators’ Perspective – is also available to the public. These reports provide the only snapshot of abusive email traffic compiled from data provided directly from ISPs and email providers.
Professional Training
MAAWG is once again opening to non-members its technical training sessions on IPv6, DKIM troubleshooting, responsible handling of CP and other topics at its Washington, D.C. meeting in October.
Also note, the first MAAWG online training video, DKIM Implementation (scroll to bottom of the Training page), is now available in four segments. It features experts Dave Crocker and Murray Kucherawy, both instrumental in the adoption of this standard, discussing DomainKeys Indentified Mail theory and implementation.
MAAWG Documents in Multiple Languages
To encourage global participation, several MAAWG documents and news releases have been translated into multiple languages.
Arabic, Chinese, French, German,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
MAAWG Updates
- 2010 MAAWG Consumer Survey Key Findings Report indicates consumer don't relate risky email behavior to bots. The survey was expanded this year to cover North America and Western Europe, and the full report includes country specific data and more charts.
- Only MAAWG members can contribute to committee work or attend MAAWG meetings. (See “Membership Information” to learn how your company can join.)
Participation Opportunities
With a variety of projects in process, MAAWG currently is exploring abuse on mobile platforms, bot mitigation practices, authentication and reputation, IPv6 bot and migration issues, volume senders’ concerns and other pertinent topics. A complete list of active MAAWG projects is available to members by logging into the Members-Only site.
Upcoming MAAWG General Meeting Highlights
The MAAWG 20th General Meeting on Oct. 4-6 will focus on MAAWG membership participation in public policy and government Initiatives, as well as other topics and committee work.
Registration can be accessed on the MAAWG Members-Only site and the agenda will be posted there shortly. MAAWG meetings, are multiple-track events with leading industry experts, researchers and public policy officials that are held three times a year and are generally attended by 200 to 300 members.
Newsroom
Latest News from MAAWG
Updates
- MAAWG is once again making our technical training sessions available to non-member industry professionals at our 20th General Meeting in Washington, DC. New classes are now posted. See "Professional Training" on the new MAAWG Training pages for more information.
- In submitting comments on the draft of the U.S. National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), MAAWG was generally supportive of the overall draft framework but also noted eight areas, largely technical, where additional attention from the NSTIC team would be helpful. More on the NSTIC at here and the MAAWG comment posting is here.
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MAAWG Comments on FCC “Open Internet” Proposal Rule Making
On January 14, 2010, MAAWG submitted comments on the FCC’s Open Internet proposed rulemaking. MAAWG identified areas of anti-abuse efforts that may fall victim to the unintended consequences of the new regulation, offered expertise on messaging abuse as the proposed rulemaking moves forward, and urged that security requirements be addressed.
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Info for Consumers
MAAWG members cooperate on developing recommendations to help the industry better protect consumers from spam and messaging abuse. However, MAAWG cannot assist or respond to individual questions or complaints. Please see our Consumer Information page for help finding an appropriate resource to assist you with these problems.
