OFF: very, spam question,was:OFF: RIP UWP lyrics archive

[Lurking Girl]

RJ wrote:

> just curious-- how do you end up getting these spams?
> i have only ever recieved one, a gift shop (local) trying to sell me crap
> for christmas.

I should say about 90% of spammers get their lists from Usenet posts.
Other possibilities include web pages, votes from CFVs, and getting an
account on a system to grab the list of users from /etc/passwd.  (Yes, on
Panix, the tape backup system has gotten spam...)  It's pretty much a
direct corollary, though, that the more you post, the more spam you get.

> can people see the addresses of people who have visited their websites?

Yep.  Well, depending on your provider, but most places that offer web
hosting let you look at the logs.

Tori, who maintains the Panix anti-spam filters