News & Events - MAAWG Release
AMERICA ONLINE JOINS THE MESSAGING ANTI-ABUSE WORKING GROUP
Carl Hutzler, Director of AntiSpam Operations at AOL, and Martin Deen, Manager of Messaging Engineering at Cox Communications, have been Appointed to Co-Chair of the Collaboration Subcommittee
Wilmington, Delaware, – November 1st, 2004 - The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), a group of communications and technology companies committed to solving spam, viruses and other forms of messaging abuse, today announced that America Online joined the group.
America Online joins a working group that also includes:
- Bell Canada
- BellSouth (NYSE: BLS)
- Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR)
- Cloudmark
- Cox Communications (NYSE: COX)
- EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK)
- Goodmail Systems
- Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI)
- Openwave Systems (NASDAQ: OPWV)
- TDS Telecom, TDS Metrocom (AMEX: TDS)
- Verizon
“We welcome America Online to the MAAWG, and look forward to work with them to help define a set of best current practices across service providers to improve deliverability”, said Richard Wong, MAWWG’s chairman and Openwave’s General Manager.
"America Online is committed to improving our customers’ messaging experience. To do so, we must cooperate to find common solutions for eliminating spam and other unwanted communications and security threats," said Carl Hutzler, Director of AntiSpam Operations at AOL.
Also, Carl Hutzler, Director of AntiSpam Operations at AOL, and Martin Deen, Manager of Messaging Engineering at Cox Communications, have been appointed to Co-Chair of the Collaboration Subcommittee. In this role, Carl and Martin will be driving the development of best current practices and code of conduct for service providers.
Founded in December of 2003, MAAWG is dedicated to solving messaging abuse on three fronts -- collaboration, technology and public policy. Members of MAAWG are working collaboratively to address and mitigate messaging abuse problems-including spam, viruses, forgery, fraud and other malicious attacks-affecting both broadband and mobile service providers and their customers.
MAAWG’s next general meeting will be held in Atlanta, GA from November 1st to November 3rd, 2004. For more information on the meeting please go to http://www.maawg.org
About MAAWG
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is an independent non-profit coalition of worldwide
carriers and technology providers. MAAWG is dedicated to solving messaging abuse by working along
three initiatives – collaboration across operators, best practices technology, and providing an
industry voice into public policy.
MAAWG Members include:
- America Online
- Bell Canada
- BellSouth (NYSE: BLS)
- Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR)
- Cloudmark
- Cox Communications (NYSE: COX)
- EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK)
- Goodmail Systems
- Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI)
- Openwave Systems (NASDAQ: OPWV)
- TDS Telecom, TDS Metrocom (AMEX: TDS)
- Verizon Online
For more information on MAAWG, please visit www.maawg.org
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