Some spam traps are easier... Another method is to set up the address, and then use it to visit some shadey web sites... Then cancel your subscriptions (if required). The email will most certainly be added to every similar list and will live in perpetuity (based on my observations).
_M | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. | Scott Perry | Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:57 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] BLARSBL:Setting up a spam trap. | | | | >We are looking at setting up a spam trap to see what is | getting caught | >and what is getting through. Any suggestions on how to set | up a spam | >trap? | | It isn't easy. | | The catch is that you need to get addresses out where | spammers are going to | find them. The two most common ways of doing this are either | using the | address as the return address for postings to Usenet (which | requires that | you post useful messages, but use the spamtrap return | address), or adding | the addresses to web sites where spammers will find them. | | FWIW, we set up several addresses on websites -- we've had | hundreds of | viruses sent to those addresses, but not a single spam. | -Scott | | --- | [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com . --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .
