On Monday 01 September 2003 05:03, Andrew Thomas wrote:

The above is useful information. Specifically, the recognition of duplicate mail receipts is a concept that is new to me, though that would require that both email addresses would receive an equal amount of 'publicity' on newsgroups, mailing lists, etc in order that they are both acquired by a potential spammer.

That 'publicity' may be easier to come by than you think. I migrated to my present domain from a much older one just 4 months ago. Now, a quick check of my spam folder shows that fully 5% of the received spam is directed to the new domain address. Considering that the old domain had a 7-year history, I'd say the harvest bots are working harder than one might otherwise think.