] The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA) is a
] collaborative effort between six leading Mailbox
] Providers and the Internet community to establish
] technical and non-technical solutions for handling
] unwanted and unsolicited e-mail (spam). ASTA founding
] members include America Online, British Telecom, Comcast,
] Earthlink, Microsoft, and Yahoo!. We came together
] because we share a common set of experiences and problems
] associated with spam. It is our intent to promote an
] inclusive process that embraces a broad range of ideas
] while ensuring that all proposals and recommendations
] address economic, technical, user, and resource impacts.
] To that end, we have involved representatives of state,
] federal, and international governments, consumer advocacy
] groups, marketers, large commercial e-mail senders,
] enterprises of all sizes, technology providers, industry
] standards groups, and trade groups representing other
] interests.