Re: spam to bogus users
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:44:32 -0700, Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
wrote:
> These totally bogus user names are not a good dictionary attack. I
>> don't know what the spammer is trying to accomplish, since delivery is
>> impossible. The user portion almost looks like a mail queue message
>> id.
>I often can look up the bogus address and find a Usenet post with the same
>message ID.
That's interesting.
Maybe spammers are harvesting these as email addresses, and selling
them to unsuspecting buyers. I guess that would be one way to inflate
your list volume.
Five BILLION email addresses, only $99.95.
No, wait, ten BILLION, only $79.95.
No, no, wait! Twenty BILLION, only $59.95!
Heh.
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