On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:28 PM, John R. Levine <jo...@iecc.com> wrote:
> This also pre-dates organized crime becoming heavily involved, and >> pre-dates the obsession with browser exploits. Back then a lot of spam was >> sent by semi-legitimate marketers from the US. These days all the bad guys >> are out to get you to click on a single link. >> > > Right. Back in the 90s spammers were trying to build their lists, and used > fake opt outs to do so. These days through a combination of web scraping > and dictionary attacks, they have more addresses than they know what to do > with. > > My advice to people these days is to unsub if a message is from someone > you've corresponded with before, or if it looks like someone who is legit > but clueless. Then hit the spam button. Of course, the browsploit issue means that clicking on ANY links in dubious e-mail is highly unwise.
