Author: DerbyDad03DerbyDad03 Date: Aug 27, 2007 10:25
On 27 Aug, 11:59, Maxwell Lol wrote:
> I give every vendor I deal with a new and unique e-mail address.
>
> Well, I started getting spam sent to the address that only I and
> Woodcraft know about. There are several possibilities
>
> 1) spammers used a dictionary to guess the account name, but
> "woodcraft" isn't a common dictionary word.
>
> 2) Spammers hacked my system. That's unlikely. I use a
> hardened Linux mail system behind a firewall with virus
> checking, etc.
>
> 3) Spammers got into the system that sends out the woodcraft
> e-mail messages.
>
> I'm betting #3. Anyone else have collaborating evidence?
>
> p.s. Borders also seems to like to help spammers...
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