Re: spam volume depends on the first letter of name

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

Actually, after reading this a second time, I find that far from being 
"duh", the explanation actually makes no sense.



On Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Dragos Ruiu wrote:

> On 29-Aug-08, at 3:08 AM, Martin Tomasek wrote:
>
> > > Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge
> > > in the U.K., says he found evidence that the more common the first
> > > letter in your email address is, the more spam you get: in other
> > > words, alice () company com typically gets a higher volume of spam than
> > > quincy () company com, or zach () company com. He says that’s simply
> > > because there are more combinations of names that begin with “A” than
> > > with “Q” or “Z.”
>
> Musta been a slow news day at the register, because this research  
> elicits the
> biggest, "Well... DUH" Suppose its just concrete proof of the  
> bleedingly obvious.
>
> cheers,
> --dr
>
>
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