Actually, after reading this a second time, I find that far from being "duh", the explanation actually makes no sense.
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Dragos Ruiu wrote: > > On 29-Aug-08, at 3:08 AM, Martin Tomasek wrote: > > >> Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge > >> in the U.K., says he found evidence that the more common the first > >> letter in your email address is, the more spam you get: in other > >> words, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typically gets a higher volume of spam than > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], or [EMAIL PROTECTED] He says thats simply > >> because there are more combinations of names that begin with A than > >> with Q or Z. > > Musta been a slow news day at the register, because this research > elicits the > biggest, "Well... DUH" Suppose its just concrete proof of the > bleedingly obvious. > > cheers, > --dr > > > > -- > World Security Pros. Cutting Edge Training, Tools, and Techniques > Buenos Aires, Argentina Sept. 30 / Oct. 1 - 2008 http://ba-con.com.ar > Tokyo, Japan November 12/13 2008 http://pacsec.jp > Vancouver, Canada March 16-20 2009 http://cansecwest.com > pgpkey http://dragos.com/ kyxpgp > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
