Re: [NTLK] There is scum among us

From: Grant Hutchinson <grant_at_splorp.com>
Date: Tue Jul 31 2007 - 17:41:12 EDT

On Jul 31, 2007, at 2:30 PM, Goodwin, Greg P. wrote:

> More likely someone's address book with ypur sssress got copied by a
> Trojan...

More likely still ...

A spambot is rapid-firing common canonicals against known domain names.

a @ a.com
b @ a.com
...
a @ b.com
b @ b.com
...

etc.

Andrei's email addy 'newton' is a common dictionary term that is
commonly used in bulk mailing. I also regularly get spam sent to a
'newton' address that I have never used publicly.

g.

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