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Answer» Quote from: WillyW on July 12, 2007, 08:41:37 AM Here's another idea to kick around - supposing that some sort of email harvesting SOFTWARE found this thread and those email addresses, is it possible that yahoo email addresses are more attractive "bait", and noted-I wondered about that, too. I quite sure Yahoo does not SELL email addresses. As I said in an earlier post, I've had a Yahoo account for 5 or 6 months and have not received any spam; as I said in that post, I do not use the account; it EXISTS because I use Yahoo Messenger.Quote from: soybean on July 12, 2007, 08:57:16 AM Quote from: WillyW on July 12, 2007, 08:41:37 AMHere's another idea to kick around - supposing that some sort of email harvesting software found this thread and those email addresses, is it possible that yahoo email addresses are more attractive "bait", and noted-I wondered about that, too. and I forgot to end with: If they are more attractive, then I wonder why? These email accounts are not being used for anything ELSE. They are only being used for the purpose of testing. Now, in all honesty, the Gmail account is not the same address as the Yahoo and Hotmail account, due to my memory... but then, in that case, Hotmail should get as much junk as Yahoo, so I dont see that being a problem altering ...Quote from: Zylstra on July 12, 2007, 01:05:40 PM These email accounts are not being used for anything else.What's your point? We know These email accounts are not being used for anything else. But, they're posted on this website and, thus, have their butts exposed to the public, to the "web crawling harvesters". My and WillyW's Yahoo accounts are not (see posts #19 and #20) exposed on a website and have received no spam. Quote from: Zylstra on July 12, 2007, 01:05:40 PM Now, in all honesty, the Gmail account is not the same address as the Yahoo and Hotmail account, due to my memory... but then, in that case, Hotmail should get as much junk as Yahoo, so I dont see that being a problem altering ...They're all different, one is Gmail, one is Hotmail, and one is Yahoo. Quote from: soybean on July 12, 2007, 01:58:00 PM Quote from: Zylstra on July 12, 2007, 01:05:40 PMWillyW asked again to confirm that they were not being used for anything elseThese email accounts are not being used for anything else.What's your point? We know These email accounts are not being used for anything else. But, they're posted on this website and, thus, have their butts exposed to the public, to the "web crawling harvesters". My and WillyW's Yahoo accounts are not (see posts #19 and #20) exposed on a website and have received no spam. They have all been exposed to the public, yes, but why the Yahoo account? It COULD be that more spambots are customized to work for Yahoo, and not Hotmail or Gmail. Gmail I can understand, but both Yahoo and Hotmail are at the top of the list for email accounts... |
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