[TriLUG] Report on spam -- most comes from putting your e-mail address on web sites

[Michael Thompson]

Very interesting.  I especially liked the link at the end of the report:

http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html

However, I think the spammers might get wise to this method as well....

--mike

On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 11:44, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> I ran across this report on spam and thought ya'll might find it
> interesting.
> 
> http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml
> 
> "The results offer Internet users insights about what online behavior
> results in the most spam. The results also debunk some of the myths
> about spam."
> 
> Most importantly, they found that posting your e-mail address on public
> web sites is the biggest way to attract spam.
> 
> --Jeremy
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Michael Thompson <thompson at easternrad.com>