DoS of spam blackhole lists

[Roy M. Silvernail]

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.