> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: 1 Oct 2002 06:20:06 -0000
> To: wamug@wamug.org.au
> Subject: Re: Upsurge in spam
>
> Of course we also theorized that a spammer with a little knowledge could
> simply write a program that would go through all the possible variations
> of usernames and domain names with minimal effort - I wait for the day
> when it is made illegal and spammers can be prosecuted as they waste far
> too much of our valuable time, money and download bandwidth.
I have received email where the Cc section of the header actually lists all
such combinations of my email address. They obviously churn out millions of
names and on the law of averages are bound to get some actual addresses.
Peter Bull
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