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  1. Returning readers will remember my "Eighteen years of greytrapping" piece (nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig, and may also remember that it has numbers and graphs.

    It's now been more like 19 years of the activity, and the numbers and graphs are refreshed as of end of July.

    #spam #antispam #spamd #openbsd #greylisting #greytrapping #security #cybercrime #cybersecurity #smtp #email

  2. Returning readers will remember my "Eighteen years of greytrapping" piece (nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig, and may also remember that it has numbers and graphs.

    It's now been more like 19 years of the activity, and the numbers and graphs are refreshed as of end of July.

    #spam #antispam #spamd #openbsd #greylisting #greytrapping #security #cybercrime #cybersecurity #smtp #email

  3. When the list of trapped hosts swells like it has over the last day, I wonder why.

    Now I know. I thought #wankstortion was dead, but one inboxed for the -owner address for a mailing list.

    General description in my 2022 piece "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_ with links to preserved messages therein.
    #cybercrime #security #scams #sextortion #imaginaryfriends #spamd #greytrapping

  4. When the list of trapped hosts swells like it has over the last day, I wonder why.

    Now I know. I thought #wankstortion was dead, but one inboxed for the -owner address for a mailing list.

    General description in my 2022 piece "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_ with links to preserved messages therein.
    #cybercrime #security #scams #sextortion #imaginaryfriends #spamd #greytrapping

  5. If you are a #postfix user and think what is described in this HOWTO postfix.org/ADDRESS_VERIFICATI] is useful, I can tell you:

    IT IS NOT.

    Longer version: nxdomain.no/~peter/twenty-plus

    [1] a more appropriate title would be "Further punishing joejob targets HOWTO"

    #smtp #postfix #smtpcallbacks #joejobs #greytrapping

  6. If you are a #postfix user and think what is described in this HOWTO postfix.org/ADDRESS_VERIFICATI] is useful, I can tell you:

    IT IS NOT.

    Longer version: nxdomain.no/~peter/twenty-plus

    [1] a more appropriate title would be "Further punishing joejob targets HOWTO"

    #smtp #postfix #smtpcallbacks #joejobs #greytrapping

  7. I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh (see nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is or bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the).

    If you want further translations added, please let me know (with translation in your message).

    #spamtraps #greytrapping #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #antispam #imaginaryfriends #localization #cybercrime

    The list without wrapper text is available as bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)

  8. I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh (see nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is or bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the).

    If you want further translations added, please let me know (with translation in your message).

    #spamtraps #greytrapping #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #antispam #imaginaryfriends #localization #cybercrime

    The list without wrapper text is available as bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)

  9. Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_st and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

  10. Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_st and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers

  11. Hm. log entries like

    Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83364]: (GREY) 171.4.7.241: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
    Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83004]: new entry 171.4.7.241 from <[email protected]> to <[email protected]>, helo ns3000605.ip-37-59-46.eu

    have me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd

  12. Hm. log entries like

    Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83364]: (GREY) 171.4.7.241: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
    Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83004]: new entry 171.4.7.241 from <[email protected]> to <[email protected]>, helo ns3000605.ip-37-59-46.eu

    have me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd

  13. Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

    It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (also see nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

  14. Have you been wondering why the list of imaginary friends at nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.sh has been expanding quicker than usual this week?

    It's because I found another batch of old logs that are now getting the more thorough treatment (also see nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig) #spamd #greytrapping #spam #cybercrime #openbsd

  15. Hm. It looks like my publishing the "Eighteen years of greytrapping ..." retrospective nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig) has generated an uptick in digital archaeology. People are fetching the archived lists at a surprising rate. #greytrapping #spamd #openbsd #pf #packetfiltering #antispam #cybercrime #security

  16. Hm. It looks like my publishing the "Eighteen years of greytrapping ..." retrospective nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig) has generated an uptick in digital archaeology. People are fetching the archived lists at a surprising rate. #greytrapping #spamd #openbsd #pf #packetfiltering #antispam #cybercrime #security

  17. Aug 17 09:38:58 skapet spamd[36107]: (GREY) 141.98.10.53: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
    Aug 17 09:38:58 skapet spamd[30363]: Trapping 141.98.10.53 for tuple 141.98.10.53 host-141-98-10-.domain <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
    Aug 17 09:38:58 skapet spamd[30363]: new greytrap entry 141.98.10.53 from <[email protected]> to <[email protected]>, helo host-141-98-10-.domain

    Yes, #greytrapping nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye #spamd #spam #cybercrime #openbsd #mail #security

  18. Aug 17 09:38:58 skapet spamd[36107]: (GREY) 141.98.10.53: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
    Aug 17 09:38:58 skapet spamd[30363]: Trapping 141.98.10.53 for tuple 141.98.10.53 host-141-98-10-.domain <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
    Aug 17 09:38:58 skapet spamd[30363]: new greytrap entry 141.98.10.53 from <[email protected]> to <[email protected]>, helo host-141-98-10-.domain

    Yes, #greytrapping nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye #spamd #spam #cybercrime #openbsd #mail #security

  19. Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.

    Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig)

    #greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

  20. Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.

    Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig)

    #greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

  21. [Again for those on the other side of the pond] -

    Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps rolled past the number of people in my home country. It's time for a retrospective.

    Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig)

    #greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime

  22. [Again for those on the other side of the pond] -

    Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps rolled past the number of people in my home country. It's time for a retrospective.

    Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_ye (tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eig)

    #greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime