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From: owner-ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org [mailto:owner-ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On
Behalf Of Anthony
Atkielski
Sent: samedi 31 mai 2003 3:58
To: IETF Discussion
Subject: Re: The utilitiy of IP is at stake here
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But if she has to start worrying about more than a
dozen spams a day, e-mail will become useless for her.
How will the spammer's find her address?
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Anthony,
You suddenly seem a bit naive!
Have you never created e-mail addresses without ever making them public, and
nevertheless note that you get SPAM anyway?
I did. I created more than one e-mail address without ever making them
public, and though I note some of them receive SPAM!
How do the spammers find such addresses? Do they automatically try all
possible combinations of
firstname_lastname(_at_)some-well-known-domains(_dot_)com?
Who knows? I personally have no idea! But I must note that spammers succeed
in polluting everyone's mailbox!
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