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List:       inet-access
Subject:    Re: new approach to spam?
From:       <jlewis () lewis ! org>
Date:       2001-11-28 13:26:50
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Troy Settle wrote:

> I don't know if this is new, or if it's just taken 8 years for me to finally
> get one, but I just got a blank email from "Mark" addressed to me, even  my
> full name in the To: header.
>
> Return address is mark@pornsubscribe.com.  I expect that the idea behind it
> is that the unsuspecting user will reply to that message asking "WTF?" and
> inadvertently, but legitimately, subscribe themselves to a half-million or
> so different porn-spam lists.

I've gotten plenty of similarly odd blank or quite short emails from
unknown sources.  I'd just assumed it was spammers testing an address
list.  No bounce = good email address.

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