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Re: address harvesting analysis idea


From: Jared Mauch <jared () puck Nether net>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:50:31 -0400


On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 07:00:07PM +0100, Peter Galbavy wrote:

While sitting here watching bad TV, I had a thought(tm).

Has anyone set-up a generic web-page, not linked from anywhere useful, which
autogenerates a "contact e-mail" address (like deadbeef () example com) and
logs which IP reads what address (even using the remote IP as the username
to provide) and then waits for the address to be used for SPAM ?

http://www.kungfugrippe.com/previously/002462.php
http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/02/26/how_to_block_spambots_ban_spybots_and_tell_unwanted_robots_to_go_to_hell

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