Websites that sell untargeted (unsolicited) bulk email software will stun you in the first place by the nonchalance of their marketing speech. It seems that people selling this kind of software believe they really do the mankind a big favour, by offering you tools for advertising on other's expence.

Spam Tool Offers

• In the first place you need many, many email addresses, valid — if possible — to start your spam campaign. At ridiculous prices ($20 - $30) you can buy CDs with millions of email addresses; the main inconvenient is these addresses have been used and reused, and chances to sell something to people in the list are low.
• Another tricky software available on the market is the one that generates possible email addresses using real domain names; the process is entirely automatic and, using the so called “false opt-out” method you can validate the list.
• If you want fresh stuff, you'd probably choose a software that has the ability to work for you day & night collecting email addresses from the web, while you can concentrate on making more money or just mind other businesses; all you have to do is use an email extracting software or email harvesting software. There are 2 major ways of extracting email addresses from the web: decripting web-based email lists (such as the resourceful Yahoo), or harvesting email addresses that are published in forums and discussion lists.

  An email harvesting software is capable to collect thousands of email addresses (most of them valid) using very few internet resources. Plus, the ISP won't be able to track such actions.

• Then, by sending unsolicited bulk email, you run the risk of being caught. That is where the spam tool provider helps you again with a piece of software that hides your identity (that means email address & ISP server). Why use an anonymous bulk email server, you may ask, after all spam has not yet been outlawed. Well, because you risk losing your ISP connection (by the way, the entity whom you harm most and make it lose large amounts of money). Or because, out-there, some annoying persons who just happen to receive your dozens of emails, and (stunningly!) decide to fight back by sending you various flames or mailbombs.
• You also need to get through firewals and spam-blocking systems and there's always somebody who'll offer you the right tool at the right price. In case of reblocking, however, you need to change key header information. Some spam tools can do that.
• Finally, methods and tricks to lie in the subject field, or anything else that'll help you not look like what you are — a spammer.

Sort of a Black List

At www.spamsites.org you can find a bunch of websites that sell spam tools.

Desktop email softwares are more appreciated by spammers because they can avoid ISPs by using an in-house server. We nominate some of this spam tools in a subsequent section.