Per Jessen writes: > Check this out > > http://jessen.ch/files/spam55.txt > > It's a typical spam-email with a single gif advertising drugs. The gif > is loaded from a website which is listed by uribl.com. > > The emails has hrefs to the following 'nnnn.com' domains: > > MUNGEDjuxl.com - contents named 'NAMESRENTER.COM' > MUNGEDnkhs.com - some online information portal. > MUNGEDarpd.com - leads to website searchportal.information.com > MUNGEDtobp.com - The Opinionated Beer Page > MUNGEDbgys.com - for sale at sedo.com > MUNGEDqrnn.com - ditto. > MUNGEDgzny.com - "No web site is configured at this address." > > > Does any have an idea about the purpose in using these domains in this > way? Are they random?
yes -- they cause you to waste time looking them up, cause SpamAssassin to waste time performed URIBL lookups against uribl.com and surbl, and cause those services to waste time dealing with lookups in turn and performing QA to ensure they don't get listed as spammy. --j.
