Hello Laura, 

On February 05, 2003, at 5:30 AM, you [L] wrote (at least in part):

~>> Here are some examples of some of the spam that has been getting
~>> too me, it is ones that has my email address along with several
~>> others in the "to: and CC:" fields, probabaly all of which are
~>> fake: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
~>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

L> i wonder why they put fake email addresses in spam? what's the
L> point?

Could it be a dictionary attack?  That is, could they be sending out
to many addresses based on a "Dictionary" of highly probable names.
The fact that you received the e-mail shows at least some success, if
we can call it that, for the spammer.

-- 
Best regards,
John Thomas




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