park city utah website http projecthoneypot.org project honey pot is a web based honeypot network which uses software embedded in web sites to collect information about ip addresses used when harvesting e mail addresses for spam or other similar purposes such as bulk mailing and e mail fraud . the project also solicits the donation of unused mx entries from domain owners . in 2007 the project began a number of new initiatives including a quicklinks program that makes it easier for more people to participate as well as a system to track comment spam . the project has also launched a free new service called http bl which leverages the data to allow website administrators to keep malicious web robots off their sites . in addition to collecting information which is made available on a top 25 list at periodic intervals the project organizers also help various law enforcement agencies combat private and commercial unsolicited bulk mailing offenses and overall work to help reduce the amount of spam being sent and received on the internet . the information collected is also used in research and development of newer versions of the software to further improve the efforts of the group as a whole . project honey pot was founded and is managed by unspam technologies inc. . in addition to various law enforcement agencies the group affiliates with the internet law group and viawest . see also edit can spam act of 2003 external links edit official website official unspam technologies inc. web site turning the tables on spammers wired news accessed 17 september 2007 project creates a sticky situation for spammers detroit free press accessed 17 september 2007 1 billion spammers served . projecthoneypot.org . december 15 2009 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title project honey pot & oldid 734679649 categories anti spam navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 00 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view