[Mimedefang] SMTP Tarpit

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On Fri, 23 May 2003, David F. Skoll wrote:

> On Fri, 23 May 2003, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> 
> > <http://www.martiansoftware.com/articles/spammerpain.html>
> 
> For my counterpoint, see:
> 
> http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=tarpit+useless+skoll&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=1IacnVrTXaNE_imjXTWcpQ%40magma.ca&rnum=1
> 
> Summary: I think tarpitting is useless to fight spam.

My use of the word tarpit in an earlier thread on this list was incorrect.  
"honeypot" more accurately describes what I'd like to do.  I've achieved
most of my goals.  Unfortunately I still have the problem of what to do
with a spamware dictionary harvesting app checks the existence of a
username it knows shouldn't exist.  I can't think of any good ways of 
doing that.  Does anyone know any ways to distinguish gibberish from what 
might be a real word (or at least uses a real word)?  That would be key I 
think.  Anyhow, I thought I'd point out my incorrect use of the word.  It 
should have been honeypot.

Justin