Re: Spam Honeypot

[bill parducci]

i have witnessed that first hand, but unfortunately it is almost impossible to have any concrete proof. the only possibility that i can think of is trying to unsubscribe using a 3rd [clean!] address that is not yet on their list. if they are legit they should come back and say that it wasn't found, ignore the request, etc. if you start getting mail on that third address then you know that you have just received a reach around. of course, for this to work you need a clean address for each list you unsubscribe from so as to be able to explicitly identify the abuser.

i am playing around with this concept now. shall be interesting to see how it goes...

b

Chris Means wrote:
Another data-point to consider.

If you have "successfully" unsubscribed from one spammer.  Was there a
sudden increase in spam from one or more parties after that initial event?
I've heard (comments on /.) that the initial spammer may "honor" your
unsubscribe request, but then sell your email address at a higher rate to
other spammers, given that they know it's a "real" address.


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