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On Tuesday 16 October 2007 04:05, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Julian, > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 12:38:41AM +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > > Anyone know how long it takes a spammer's software to notice an email > > address is bouncing and stop sending to it? > > Since it is usually not their own resources they are using to send > the emails, they have very little motivation to care. > > Cheers, > Andy If you are sufficiently AR (overly Zealous) and you have a mail system that can redirect *@.... to your current mail then you can use unique e-mail addresses every time you fill in a form etc. This allows you to a) switch of spammed e-mail addresses b) find out who is leaking addresses and let others know.... Broadband providers generally dont allow infinite addresses for accounts so thats another good reason to have you mail 'hosted' elsewhere. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html