Hi,
I've noticed that a lot of the spam that is trapped here has a "from" address that is a long random sequence of characters before the @domain part. For example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here it seems, AI is required to determine that the thing is not a real name in any language.
I've noticed this and my thoughts were similar, plus it's very little work for spammers to create feasible email addresses.
I suspect sender address verification (you check back with the domain's email server if they accept email for the sender address) will be a better way of catching bogus email addresses, however the most likely response from spammers will be to use real email addresses.
Rob
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