Re: SPAM

On Dec 31, 11:16 am, "James Silverton" <jim.silver...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
David wrote on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:17:45 -0500:

DB> How unethical would it be to sign up spammers that include
DB> valid email addresses to receive they're own unwanted crap?
DB>http://www.toastedspam.com/freespamlist

Does it really work? I'm strongly tempted but I suspect a lot
of real-looking spamming addresses change frequently.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Sorry i haven't kept that page up to date. Most of those links are
only live for a couple months, some as short as a few days. They are
effective when live though. I seeded a few with some of my own email
addresses. 5 years later those addresses are still getting hundreds or
thousands of spams daily. I use them to auto-feed iptables to firewall
spambots. Works like a charm.

Best thing to do is to look for spams that include an email address
for removal and email to that address using the address you want to
have receive spam.

- TOASTEDspam.com
.

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