M3AAWG

Hopefully you were able to attend the webinar yesterday with myself and LB Blair talking about DMARC and what senders need to know to be in compliance with the new DMARC requirements levied by Yahoo and Google this year (2024). We kept a lot of it high level — the point wasn’t to spend six hours training you through every bit of the protocol spec. But if you DID want to learn more, M3AAWG, the Messaging, Mobile, and Malware Anti-Abuse Working Group, has the good stuff. They’ve got a whole multi-part series on DMARC where they cover the fundamentals of authentication, alignment, policy, reporting, domain owner and mailbox provider best practices and more. If you just want to implement DMARC for your marketing domain and be done with it, you don’t need this. But if you do want to become a DMARC expert, this is the logical next step in

Founded in 2006, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) consists of messaging industry companies — sending and receiving platforms, security services and platforms and more come together to collaboratively address spam and internet security issues. If you read my recent DELIVTERMS post, you know that best practices for email senders and receivers are one of the many areas they focus on.M3AAWG recently released a new and useful white paper entitled “Help! I Hit a Spam Trap!” that is primarily oriented toward email service providers (ESPs) and how they can help monitor and guide their clients when learning that mail is being sent to spamtrap addresses. If you’re looking for a very solid form of documentation when referencing spamtraps, what they are and what senders need to do about them, this wouldn’t be a bad thing to reference. Check it out here.

Founded in 2006, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) is a messaging industry working group comprised of sending and receiving platforms, security companies and more come together to collaboratively address spam and internet security issues.Initially, the group was called “MAAWG” and focused on email and anti-spam. Over the years, their focus has expanded, thus the “3” reflecting growth from just “messaging” to “messaging, malware and mobile” in their mission. Anti-spam and security best practices for both senders and receivers (things like the right way to send mail without being a spammer, and the most appropriate ways to block spam) are just one of the common areas of discussion. Folks within M3AAWG also work together to address technical issues around email and messaging technology and emerging threats. (I say “email” a lot here as it’s really my personal focus. I’ve got friends who specialize in other areas as M3AAWG members

The third JPAAWG General Meeting will be held on November 11th and 12th in a virtual format. An exciting program has been organized, and will once again feature an update on DMARC adoption and standards developments from DMARC.org, as well as keynotes from M3AAWG and sessions with leading industry figures from across Japan and the […]