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OT: Spam traps (was: Forwarders)

2004-01-12 12:40:00
Dan Boresjo [dan(_at_)boresjo(_dot_)demon(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk] wrote:
On Monday 12 January 2004 3:25 pm, wayne wrote:
Yes, a single email to a spamtrap does, by itself, get you listed on
most DNSBLs.  It does, however, often trigger checks to see if it is
an open relay/proxy and such.  In the case of domain names and RHSBLs,
it often triggers checks for the name server and whois data.

Even bounce messages? And 'email signup confirmation' mails from website
registrations?

Such mails should never go to spam trap addresses.  By definition, no 
legitimate mails whatsoever should ever go to spam trap addresses.  That's why 
spam traps are so effective.

<html>
  <body>
    Never ever send mail to <a 
href="zojoizpa(_dot_)jacamaadaybe(_at_)venus(_dot_)mehnle(_dot_)net">zojoizpa(_dot_)jacamaadaybe(_at_)venus(_dot_)mehnle(_dot_)net</a>.
  </body>
</html>

No intelligent person will ever send mail to that address, but a dumb harvester 
just collects the address and poisons some poor spammer's address list with it. 
;-)

Try http://www.mehnle.net/guerilla to see how it works.  Every HTTP request 
will generate a new spam trap, and so I can even track back who harvested a 
given (spammed) address.

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