Well then, if you can't beat 'em, might as well join 'em. >From now on I'll think of UCE as a potentially useful marketing tool. I don't see anyone having a cow over postal junk mail. --Phil M. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Sheldon To: Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:56 AM Subject: RE: Spambot Trap > >If lots of webmasters did this, spambots might become so inefficient that > >spam would no longer be economically practical. > >--Phil M. > > The spambots might become inefficient, but I doubt it would have a > noticeable affect on spam at all. Very little of the spam I get is from > addresses scraped off websites. The #1 is from addresses used for domain > registration. #2 is from an address used for newsgroup posting. #3 is my > regular personal account, which I've had for many years. That one got > significantly worse after the latest viruses started spreading it > willy-nilly. #4 are standard "role" accounts (webmaster@). Addresses posted > on my websites are well below any of these. > > Michael J. Sheldon > http://www.desertraven.com/ > Make a fast friend, adopt a greyhound! > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >