> -----Original Message----- > From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Scott Holder > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:16 AM > To: PowerBooks > Subject: Re: PowerBooks lists a gateway to spam? > > > At 11:24 PM 7/22/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >I had just created this email address last wednesday. I gave it > to no one > >other than I used it to sign up for the PowerBooks email list. > Not another > >soul has this address. > > > >How is it then that just tonight I got my first spam message to this > >address, after merely a week? > > Along with the archives, these days it's not impossible for > spammers to do > complete every-combination mailings. Even with a dialup > connection, sending > mail to every possible address at a domain would take at most a > few hours. > Plus there are plenty of compromised open relays on much faster > connections. > > Scott Holder >
I set up an e-mail address for my son, I was very pleased to get a good one ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), after it was set up I forgot about it for a month, When I set up an e-mail reader to start using it I found over 1300 spam mails!!! this on an address that had NEVER been used, I monitored it for a few days, spam was coming in at 300+ per day. That address is no longer used and he has an alphanumeric user name instead, so far no spam... Ben. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
