Subject: OT. new antispam laws in the US
From: martin
Date: 24/11/2003 12:06 GMT Standard Time
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On 24 Nov 2003 12:00:21 GMT, emon (Rhiannon S)
wrote:

Subject: OT. new antispam laws in the US
From: Jaques d'Alltrades
Date: 24/11/2003 11:17 GMT Standard Time
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That list has been superceded by new ones. I can promise you that you
*WILL* get spam on it from time-to-time, when a random address generator
aims at your ISP.

As an experiment a couple of weeks ago I created a new aol screen name. All
I
did was create it and leave. I've never used it.

I checked it on Sunday, there were of 50 bits of spam, to a name never used.

It just shows how much is random generation on the "someone must have that
name" principle.

What did you call yourself?

We have 4 e-mail addresses based on our family christian names.
My daughter's christian name is not so common, her unused account was
overflowing with spam within a few weeks. My son has a very common
christian name and his mailbox created at the same time was still
empty a year after I created the account for him.

A varient on my forename with a couple of letters bolted on at the end.
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