> -----Original Message-----
> From: David B Funk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:20 AM
> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Psst!
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Matt Kettler wrote:
>
> > Another thing I've been noticing recently.. some idiot has
> been culling
> > the web archives of mailing lists, and is trying to send
> spam emails to
> > MESSAGE ID's of posts I've made. Check your mail logs!
> >
> > One or more of those would make a great spamtrap.
>
> Actually this kind of thing has been going on for some time. I still
> occasionally see spam sent to a Message-ID address derived from
> a machine that died years ago. The last owner of it was an active
> Usenet poster and is probably in all kinds of news archives.
Just curious, but how many people see spam being sent to usersnames with the fisrt letter dropped? I see a ton in my logs. I believe spammers figure [EMAIL PROTECTED] will also have a [EMAIL PROTECTED] Too bad for them...they do not. :)
Thanks,
Chris Santerre
SysAdmin and Spamfighter
www.rulesemporium.com
www.uribl.com
