[REBOL] Re: Email spam bots Was: Re: Re: I've had it with email.
From: webmaster::windsweptfarm::com at: 31-Jul-2002 8:35
Dear Andrew,
>From what I can gather after reading this promo blurp, the answer is no,
sort of.
Why?...
Because if you notice the words "It can verify more than..." you will
realize that what they are doing is connecting to the mail server and
engaging in a conversation that entails using the "verify" command to
test the validity of an address.
More than likely it generates the address prefixes from a pool of words
and or letter/number combinations. If an ISP uses a serialized number
scheme for user accounts then yes I guess you could say they are
harvesting addresses.
Basically they are exploring email addresses prefixes on a per domain
basis by using the mail server as a sieve. By searching this way they
eliminate the need for dns resolutions for multiple domains, which would
precede the sending of actual mail or contacting a given server.
I could go on about the finer details of spam but time is limited.
jim
Andrew Martin wrote: