From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > we used to have 'spammers ? spam this [EMAIL PROTECTED]' at the > > bottom of each page so that crawlers would spam it. also, we had a > > few systems accounts, not supposed to receive mail, act as spam > > traps which proved to be quite efficient. > > > > > So what do you guys do with the email hitting the spam traps ? > My email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] has been used as From address > by spammers, does that mean that I can't send you guys emails ? > Or do you do something else like teach spamassassin and record source > IP addresses ?
spamd. It works on the IP address level. Spam trap addresses function such that offending source addresses are auto-blacklisted (for a configurable length of time.) In a sense, it is tied to the email address of the To: header, not From: as you'd speculated. DS
