Re: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting
Robert Waldner wrote:
>
> Of course it would be easy to make such bots a little bit more
> intelligent. But why bother? Also, most spammers probably don't target
> people who already have formed an opinion against it, their main
> targets are AOL- & -newbies, anyway.
Fair point.
> If you believe in using fake addresses, why not use something like
> lard@uk.ed.ac.tardis? This doesn't (and probably won't) exist, so you
> have the benefit of a faked address but don't simply shove the load
> unto someone else.
Believe me, I've tried that, but my mail server won't let me post unless
I use a hostname that actually exists!
Now I'm using a real address for an account I don't often read.
alex
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