tons of spam
Michael Klinosky
mpk2 at enter.net
Tue Jun 19 01:41:49 UTC 2007
alan:
> And not all spam mail addresses are harvested. Some spammers just guess
> the obvious ones.
Here's my $.02 ...
Last year, I set up a computer for my 70-something-year-old Mother. I
had to explain _EVERYTHING_ (e.g. how to use the mouse). Of course, I
included internet access.
I created an email address from a service that my ISP offers, and
educated her on the fine art of email. Within a /month/ of this, she was
getting spam. She has NOT used a maillist yet! That address is not
available publicly *anywhere* (she barely knows how to surf the web).
Maybe it was harvested from other computers (she gave it to some
relatives); perhaps someone has a virus that sends the address book to a
spammer. Or, maybe (for those with Windows), MicroSludge harvests email
addresses from peoples' computers?
Futhermore, I also created one for myself (as an alternate). I gave it
to NOBODY. I don't recall getting any spam to that address.
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