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...stupid people like myself accidentally reply to ng messages with their

e-mail account, ergo, collecting them fresh and obviously valid e-mail

addresses...?



I'm sure the b*stards do...



WTH


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I don't get it. What use would the domain name of nospam.com be to a

spammer?



Ali R.



"WTH" <ih8spam@spamtrap.com>wrote in message



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Nope!





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"Ali R." <nospam@company.com>schrieb:



Me either. BTW, this domain is registered, but not by a spammer.



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What is hard to understand? Valid e-mail addresses are valuable to

spammers. Spammers see many people on ng's posting names like

ihatespam@nospam.com. People accidentaly send mail there instead of posting

to the ng. A valid e-mail comes in on the nospam.com domain. The catch all

for mail collects all of these valid 'from' e-mail addresses.



As for nospam.com, it is owned by a marketing (read as 'likely spamming')

company. What a coincidence...



WTH





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I am sorry but I have more important things to ponder in life than this.



"WTH" <ih8spam@spamtrap.com>wrote in message



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