Re: [cobalt-security] VRFY root [rejected]

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RH> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:42:40 +0200
RH> From: "Robbert Hamburg (HaVa Web- & Procesdesign)"


RH> So i hope eddy is willing to share his trap setup

Indeed I am. :-)  Sorry for the delay; I've been on the road most
of the past 24 hours.

It helps somewhat, but not as well as I've hoped.  Mail sent to
that address almost certainly is invalid.  Ditto mail sent to
various abandoned email addresses.  I've been collecting spam for
a couple years now, and had hoped to write a "spam analyzer"...
but somebody beat me to it with bayesian mail filters. ;-)

I have been using the blacklist for address-based rejection.  Now
I'm preparing to digest my accumulated spam and see what hints I
can give SpamAssassin. :-)


Eddy
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Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national
Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita

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Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT)
From: A Trap <blacklist@xxxxxxxxx>
To: blacklist@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature.

These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots.
Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@xxxxxxxxx>, or you are likely to
be blocked.