Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:55:46 09/10/03
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On September 10, 2003 at 05:28:32, Peter Fendrich wrote: >I think you all are as annoyed as I am about all this spam filling my inbox. >I have used 3 different email adresses over time in this forum. >The first email adress I used was "infected" from start. >The second one was used here only and was never mentioned anywhere else until I >begun to get spam. >The third one has never been used anywhere else than in this forum and now I >receive a considerable amount of spam. >It is not possible to automatically find these adresses with spider technique >because the forum is password protected - you have to sign up before reading it. >The addresses must have been catched by someone in this forum - right? >Maybe there is some mirror somewhere? >Any similar experiences? > >/Peter It most likely is _not_ a result of selling addresses. web crawlers exist that do nothing but grab email addresses. When you send an email, it goes thru many machines before reaching the destination. Each machine has the opportunity to read the headers and extract your email. Anytime you visit a web site and supply your email, you suffer the same risk.
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