[Mimedefang] Spam ethics question

[Ben Kamen]

On 1/14/2010 12:05 PM, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
> "David F. Skoll"<dfs at roaringpenguin.com>  wrote:
>> WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
>>
>>> Why shouldn't I find some honey-pot addresses and submit submit them to
>>> subscribe?
>>
>> Because, IMO, that subverts the purpose of honeypots.  A honeypot
>> is designed as a passive spammer attractor; actively subscribing
>> someone is a no-no.
>
> But actively un-subscribing not subscribed email addresses is OK
> =>  as far as I have heard the effect is almost identical :-)
>

Hahahahah!

ALthough I would speculate that their unscrupulous ways will catch up with them and they'll
run into a honeypot sooner or later and get DNS-BL'd by one of the bigger lists. (and then trickle down)

  -Ben


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Fortune says:
Once, there was NO fun ... This was before MENU planning, FASHION
statements or NAUTILUS equipment ... Then, in 1985 ... FUN was
completely encoded in this tiny MICROCHIP ... It contain 14,768 vaguely
amusing SIT-COM pilots!!  We had to wait FOUR BILLION years but we
finally got JERRY LEWIS, MTV and a large selection of creme-filled
snack cakes!