Thanks, jim!

Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/
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From: "xo xo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 12:35 AM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: Email spam bots Was: Re: Re: I've had it with email.


> Dear Andrew,
>
> From what I can gather after reading this promo blurp, the answer is no,
> sort of.
>
> Why?...
>
> Because if you notice the words "It can verify more than..." you will
> realize that what they are doing is connecting to the mail server and
> engaging in a conversation that entails using the "verify" command to
> test the validity of an address.
>
> More than likely it generates the address prefixes from a pool of words
> and or letter/number combinations. If an ISP uses a serialized number
> scheme for user accounts then yes I guess you could say they are
> harvesting addresses.
>
> Basically they are exploring email addresses prefixes on a per domain
> basis by using the mail server as a sieve. By searching this way they
> eliminate the need for dns resolutions for multiple domains, which would
> precede the sending of actual mail or contacting a given server.
>
> I could go on about the finer details of spam but time is limited.
>
> jim
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Andrew Martin wrote:
> >
> > I've just got this spam:
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Easy Email Searcher  is  a  powerful  Email  software   that  harvests
> > general Email lists from mail servers   Easy Email Searcher can get
100,000
> > Email addresses directly from the Email servers in only one hour!
> >
> >   a.. Easy Email Searcher is a 32 bit Windows Program for e-mail
marketing.
> > It is intended for easy and convenient search large e-mail address lists
> > from mail servers. The program can be operated on Windows 95/98/ME/2000
and
> > NT.
> >   b.. Easy Email Searcher support multi-threads (up to 512 connections).
> >   c.. Easy Email Searcher has the ability  to reconnect to the mail
server
> > if the server has disconnected and continue the searching at the point
where
> > it has been interrupted.
> >   d.. Easy Email Searcher has an ergonomic interface that is easy to set
up
> > and simple to use.
> >
> > Easy Email Searcher is an email address searcher and bulk e-mail sender.
> > It can verify more than 5500 email addresses per minute at only 56Kbps
> > speed. It even allows you send email to valid email address while
searching.
> > You can save the searching progress and load it to resume work at your
> > convenience. All you need to do is just input an email address, and
press
> > the "Search" button.
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
> > It advertises the spam program being able to harvest email addresses
from
> > mail servers!
> >
> > Is this possible?
> >
> > Andrew Martin
> > ICQ: 26227169 http://valley.150m.com/
> > -><-
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