Guess what? You were right. Just doing a Google search found that
"rarely used" address on guestbooks and news articles.
Thanks for the advice!
Jason
Robert Menschel wrote:
Hello Jason,
Friday, March 5, 2004, 9:54:50 AM, you wrote:
JG> Yeah, and here's the kicker. He personally has two separate email
JG> accounts. One is published in every Thomas Register, trade journal,
JG> phone book, etc... No brainer for spam there. It's also the one he
JG> uses as his primary account. The other address is unpublished and
JG> "rarely used", according to him, so it should receive very little or no
JG> spam at all in his opinion. Howver (anyone surprised?), both are
JG> getting the identical same spam at the same time, so he has concluded in
JG> his mind that someone has either broken in to our network and
JG> "harvested" the addresses, or someone internally (should I feel pressure
JG> here?) is doing something fishy on purpose.
Just out of curiosity -- you might hit the search engines for that
"rarely used" account, and see if it is posted anywhere. If anywhere,
then you have a ready answer for him. Ditto Yahoo mailing lists and
Usenet, if he's found his way there.
Similar example: My wife "never" posted her email address anywhere, but
started getting spam. Did a search, and found that she replied to someone
on a bulletin board somewhere, and that made her email address available
to the spammers.
And once in the spam databases, there's no turning back the clock...
Bob Menschel
