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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by John Hardin <jh...@impsec.org> on 2008/08/22 22:14:58 UTC

Stupid spammer tricks #42398

Email as an intelligence test:

From: andy geller <an...@gmail.com>
To: ..., no@reply.error, joecool@example.com,
     fromemail@example.com, john@example.com,
     someone1@example.com, someoneelse@example.com, to@address.com,
     from@address.com, him@her.com, from@me.com,
     lostpass@mywebsite.net, me@here.com, myaddress@hotmail.com, ...

...and so on for about 300 addresses, at least 5% of which were actually
deliverable...

ObWorthwhileContent:

Perhaps a base rule for @example.com in the TO: or CC:?

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