[ILUG] Spam Trap?

Barry Redmond barry.redmond at cs.tcd.ie
Tue Jan 15 11:59:31 GMT 2002


On 15 Jan 2002 at 11:52, Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin) wrote:
> The problem with that is that, how do I put it delicately, those of a
> lesser cognitive ability, or those who lack experience may just hit the
> reply key, thereby adding themselves to your spam-trap ... 

But the dummy address would never be used to send anything so 
nobody would ever receive mail from it.  It would never be publicly 
displayed anywhere so no legitimated email user would even know it 
exists.  You make it available to address harvesters by placing it on a 
web page or two inside a comment or other non-displayed element.

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