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to: GORDON FREY
from: CHRIS EVANS
date: 1997-07-28 11:25:00
subject: address strings

GF> CE> and I see more ppl placing such things as REMOVE_ME in
GF> CE> their e-addresses to throw off the auto spam bots that search the
GF> CE> newsgroups for addresses
GF> Well the spammers have automated the the removal of strings
GF> from email address.  I would only put the correct address in the
GF> body of the message.
Yes.  But do you mean the spammers automatically take out REMOVE-ME's and 
DELETE-ME's etc from message header e-addresses? ... if so it's just a matter 
of thinking up a couple words that the auto spam bot would miss?
-Chris.
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