We're seeing increasing amounts of that here. I too think that it is sold-on "marketing lists".
Some of the spams mention "partner organisations" in their excuse for spamming disclaimer at the bottom of the email. I once had an interesting email discussion with a spammer who'd bought a mailing list. He could/would not accept that what he was doing was in any way unethical. Unfortunately for him, and many other mass-marketers, I take a strict line on unsolicited bulk mailings. We all need to adopt a new post-telephone maxim: "don't email us, we'll Google you" . Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160 email: pran...@herefordshire.gov.uk Any opinion expressed in this e-mail or any attached files are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Herefordshire Council. This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. This communication may contain material protected by law from being passed on. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this e-mail in error, you are advised that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of it. -----Original Message----- From: Charles Gregory [mailto:cgreg...@hwcn.org] Sent: 18 June 2009 19:36 To: SpamAssassin Users List Subject: Re: more mainsleeze spam On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Michael Scheidell wrote: > What are you seeing? more main-sleaze spam, directly targeting your > company/vertical market or clients? or aren't you seeing much of this? We aren't overwhelmed with it, but now that you mention it, I've been seeing a slow steady trickle of (technically non-spam) direct mail ads to just my main address, but none of my users. The mail is generally from a relatively local (within 100km) legitimate company with a passing relevance to my business. All of them contain opt-out instructions, but the varition of the instructions and links make it look like genuine, sincere opt-out, and not a spammers 'confirmation tool'. The feeling I get is that someone has harvested a community services directory and sold it as a 'mailng list' to these companies. And as you noted, it's almost impossible to detect them as spam. Fortunately there are very few of them.... :) - Charles
