Mike Cardwell wrote: > Darton Williams wrote: > > >>>> The spamtrapaddresses should be located on some "high" traffic websites. >>>> Where spamharvesters are most likely to find them fast. >>>> Newsgroups seems to be a very slow option. >>>> >>> Another way I found to work, was to get the "Opt out page" address from a >>> spam, and "Opt out" (a.k.a. Opt In !!!) the address that didn't get spammed. >>> Of course this method won't work on spammers who actually DO remove >>> addresses from their list. >>> Another way is to send an email from the spamtrap address to someone you >>> know is infected !!! >>> >> The best way I've found is to fill out as many "free offer" and other >> advertising gimmick forms as you can find on the web. The sketchier >> the company, the better. Google something like multi-level marketing >> and you're sure to find some. >> > > It's not spam if you sign up for it. > > If you do that, make sure you are absolutely certain that the terms and > conditions that you sign up to, prevent them from emailing you for *any* > reason, and prevent them from selling on your details to others. > > In the past I've received spam purely for posting to this list, it might > be a good idea to stick your spam trap address in the headers of all of > your outgoing emails, or even in the signature. Making it very clear > that no one should email it of course. > > Mike > >
How about replying to the 'you won the lotto you didn't enter' scams, and maybe they will oblige you and send some spam your way. (Though I think they are more interested in your bank details) -- Michael Connors -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
