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The Lumber Cartel was a conspiracy theory, subsequently popularized on USENET, that was alleged by spammers to back anti-spammers. Hackers, and participants in news.admin.net-abuse.email chose to dub themselves as members of "the Lumber Cartel" in their signatures, followed immediately by the acronymic disclaimer "TINLC" (There Is No Lumber Cartel), reminiscent of the There Is No Cabal catchphrase.

In 1999 a group going by the name of the Lumber Cartel organized a campaign against a spammer who owned several online casinos. They also spoke out against the Direct Marketing Association.

References

1. The Jargon File: "Lumber Cartel"
2. http://gamblingmagazine.com/articles/34/34-15.htm
3. http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/11/12/spam/index2.html

Web sites dedicated to the Lumber Cartel

• The Lumber Cartel
• The Lumber Cartel, Roosevelt National Forest Chapter (backup copy)
• The Lumber Cartel, local 42 (Canadian branch)
• The Lumber Cartel, operator of a number of DNSBLs.

External Links

• Web site of "The Lumber Cartel"; Archived copy from 2001 available through The Internet Archive.
• Archives of a mailing list from 2005, mentioning the Lumber Cartel
• Archives of a mailing list from 1998, mentioning the Lumber Cartel
• Usenet Archives
• "Possible Anti-Spam Conspiracy Uncovered" (alternate link) - article posted by "Vladimir" to news.admin.net-abuse.email on 1997-11-14
• Archives of a mailing list from 1998, mentioning the Lumber Cartel
• Lumber Cartel in Ursine's Jargon Wiki
• Minutes of an alleged "Meeting of the Lumber Cartel", dated 2000
• Glossary at the Abusive Hosts Blocklist
• Other Ways to Fry Spam at Wired

• E-mail
• Spamming
• Internet culture
• Usenet
• Hoaxes