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Re: email addresses leak out

From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:13:43 +0200

Jörg Müller-Tolk wrote:
> Hi all
> I am using a special mail account for my curl abo (curl_at_mueller-tolk.de)
> which I don't use anywhere else.
> I just got my first spam on this account.

I am not surprised. The name_at_domain.com scheme for obfuscating email
addresses (used by the list archive at curl.haxx.se) is too well-known
and too simple. I'm sure most email harvesters find those too. And
better still, they know that they are valid, otherwise they wouldn't be
obfuscated.

Linus

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Received on 2003-10-14