>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 08:16:40 -0400 >Subject: [JA] Re: ...spam (Was: Juno Chat?) >From: rsgilmore@xxxxxxxx > >just did that on Google... got 68 email hits... 66 from.... [ JA ] >list !! > >On Wed, 08 Aug 2001 05:29:20 EDT David Ames <worldrecord@xxxxxxxx> >writes: >> 1. Use a search engine to see if your E-mail address is posted >> anywhere on the Internet. >> > A college senior in MIS, who is working in my office, had an article that he had printed off the Web, something like "Roll your own browser." The methods and the Unix technicalities don't interest me at this moment, but such terms of discussion intimate that anyone can write a browser to pick off tokens (a technical name for "strings") containing @, and can thus create a list of e-mail addresses, many of which are genuine. David Ames ----- I can't stand the heat any longer. I've got to sit down. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. To unsubscribe, send a message to listar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe juno_accmail" in the body or subject. OR visit http://freelists.dhs.org ~*~