[iyonix-support] Re: Spam!

In message <4efd9480d8lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
          Paul Vigay <lists-nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <468CA632.9090905@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>    Kris Adcock <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have started receiving spam to my iyonix@ e-mail address. This address
>> is ONLY used for this discussion group, so does that mean that address
>> lists on freelists are available, or does it mean that another
>> subscriber has a compromised PC?

> Like Martin, I would suspect the latter. However.... quite a few spammers
> actually make up huge lists of random email addresses by combining both
> parts of an email address together, from addresses they've harvested.
> [...]
> Now, presumably by now, the word "iyonix" is probably quite widespread and
> known about, thus is probably a legitimate word to include in email lists.

I seriously doubt that. The number of e-mail addresses starting 
iyonix@ is insignificant, it is statistical nothingness. It is not 
conceivable that anyone would try this as the first part of a 
generated address - they could just as well try rzngrmpf. Of course, 
spammers may be stupid, but if they are then they are probably still 
waiting for their e-mail generation to get past @aardvark.com. Due to 
combinatorial explosion you can only use the top most used first parts 
in such an attempt, otherwise you will never get anywhere.

Martin
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