Monday, March 16, 2009

"Why Am I Getting All This Spam?"

"Why Am I Getting All This Spam?" (follow link for full article)
tried various methodologies (quoted between "*" lines):

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Table 1 - Usage Categories







Type of online activityControl addressesExperimental addresses
Public Web posting:


  • www.cdt.org

  • www.getnetwise.org

  • www.consumerprivacyguide.org

Addresses were posted on a publicly accessible Web page and left online for six months.

  1. Address removed from Web two weeks after posting.

  2. Address posted in "human-readable" form

  3. Address posted in HTML-obscured form.

USENET:



  • alt.internet.commerce

  • alt.health

  • alt.kids-talk

  • alt.news-media

  • alt.sex.erotica

  • alt.showbiz.gossip

  • misc.consumers.house

  • misc.industry.insurance


  • rec.gambling.misc

  • rec.humor

  • rec.travel.misc

  • soc.senior.issues

  • us.jobs

Addresses were used in the headers of posted messages.

  1. Address included in text in "plaintext" form

  2. Address included in text in "human-readable" form


  3. Address included in text in HTML-obscured form.


Web services:

Appendix 1 lists the Web-based companies and organizations to which e-mail addresses were provided.
Addresses were provided to Web sites offering various online services using default and/or "opt-in" privacy preferences.

  1. After two weeks, changed personal preferences to "opt-out" of future e-mail communication.

  2. Upon receiving e-mail, unsubscribe request was submitted (where available).

Web-based postings:



  • amazon.com

  • careerbuilder.com

  • ebay.com

  • intelihealth.com

  • joehollywood.com

  • monster.com

  • popbitch.com

  • seniornet.org


  • thirdage.com

  • webmd.om

Provided an e-mail address as part of posting to a Web-based job, auction, or discussion board.

  1. Address included in text in "plaintext" form

  2. Address included in text in "human-readable" form

  3. Address included in text in HTML-obscured form.

WHOIS database:


  • netsol.com


  • npsis.com

Provided an e-mail address as part of registering a ".com" or ".org" domain.None.


The project examined five basic ways of posting or otherwise disclosing an e-mail address, and how each could affect the amount of spam a user received. The activities examined were: 1) posting an e-mail address on a public Web site; 2) posting an e-mail address on a USENET newsgroup; 3) providing an e-mail address to a popular Web site in connection with some service; 4) providing an e-mail address to a popular Web site in order to post on a job, auction, or discussion board; and 5) posting the address in the WHOIS database of information about domain name registrants.

In each area of online activity, we created a set of "control" addresses, provided in a straightforward manner with no attempt to avoid future spam, and one or more "experimental" addresses, each of which utilized a particular anti-spam measure.


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In that vein, we place a list of @ddresses on this obscure page:

sicilian74@cox.net
yujie1@gmyuy8.cn
bsjs@synopsys.com
btangs@vip.qq.com
bsms@utrc.utc.com
bsgfgss@unsap.com
bschems@scbsc.com
mdeppl1@gmail.com
robblack@hotmail.com
adonajah@sbcglobal.net
agalusha5@hotmail.com
appleseed007@msn.com
s.rogers00@hotmail.com
iverjelleam61@gmail.com
moises_150@hotmail.com
epi_palacios@hotmail.com
dianngarrott657@gmail.com
cslb.socal.swift.team@gmail.com
dirtydeedsdonedirtcheaptnt@gmail.com
heatseekerchargingupthesky@gmail.com
yeahyoushookmeallnightlong@gmail.com
iwastrappedlikeaflyonthewall@gmail.com
4thoseabouttorockwesaluteyou@gmail.com
itsalongwaytothetopifyouwanna@gmail.com
whatcomesnaturallysinkthepink@gmail.com
whomadewhoaintnobodytoldyou@gmail.com

"Looking for Mr. Good-spam..."

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