Re: FAQ maintainers addresses used for SPAM?

From: Chris Lewis (clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca)
Date: Tue Jan 18 2000 - 23:47:04 CST


On Jan 18, 19:46, Matt Curtin wrote:

} It could be some stupid software that found a string like
} message@yourdomain someplace and then put it on a spam target
} addresses CD that was sold. I have seen spam trying to be delivered
} to Message-IDs and other random strings that ended up having @domain
} in them.

Whowhere has enormous databases of "email addresses", which are
clearly bits and pieces of junk, including lots of messageids.
It has a few dozen "addresses" at ferret that are actually
messageids. All being spammed.

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