#greytrapping — Public Fediverse posts
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If you are a #postfix user and think what is described in this HOWTO http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_VERIFICATION_README.html[1] is useful, I can tell you:
IT IS NOT.
Longer version: https://nxdomain.no/~peter/twenty-plus_years_on_smtp_callbacks_are_still_pointless.html
[1] a more appropriate title would be "Further punishing joejob targets HOWTO"
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hm. this thing seems to be popping up again and again https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47636937 #greytrapping #email #runyourownmailserver #spam #spamd #greylisting #antispam
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hm. this thing seems to be popping up again and again https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47636937 #greytrapping #email #runyourownmailserver #spam #spamd #greylisting #antispam
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hm. this thing seems to be popping up again and again https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47636937 #greytrapping #email #runyourownmailserver #spam #spamd #greylisting #antispam
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hm. this thing seems to be popping up again and again https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47636937 #greytrapping #email #runyourownmailserver #spam #spamd #greylisting #antispam
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hm. this thing seems to be popping up again and again https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47636937 #greytrapping #email #runyourownmailserver #spam #spamd #greylisting #antispam
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I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html).
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 https://www.bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)
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I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html).
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 https://www.bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)
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I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html).
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 https://www.bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)
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I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html).
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 https://www.bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)
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I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html).
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 https://www.bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)
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"The Rest Is Trash"
We are now halfway through the nineteenth year of greytrapping, still tracking and collecting from the wealth of imbecility out there
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) #spamd #greytrapping #greylisting #openbsd #freebsd #spam #antispam #cybercrime
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"The Rest Is Trash"
We are now halfway through the nineteenth year of greytrapping, still tracking and collecting from the wealth of imbecility out there
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) #spamd #greytrapping #greylisting #openbsd #freebsd #spam #antispam #cybercrime
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"The Rest Is Trash"
We are now halfway through the nineteenth year of greytrapping, still tracking and collecting from the wealth of imbecility out there
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) #spamd #greytrapping #greylisting #openbsd #freebsd #spam #antispam #cybercrime
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"The Rest Is Trash"
We are now halfway through the nineteenth year of greytrapping, still tracking and collecting from the wealth of imbecility out there
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) #spamd #greytrapping #greylisting #openbsd #freebsd #spam #antispam #cybercrime
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"The Rest Is Trash"
We are now halfway through the nineteenth year of greytrapping, still tracking and collecting from the wealth of imbecility out there
https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) #spamd #greytrapping #greylisting #openbsd #freebsd #spam #antispam #cybercrime
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Reprising my Sunday, Feb 1st post for the midweek crowd:
The Rest Is Trash https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking #spam
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Reprising my Sunday, Feb 1st post for the midweek crowd:
The Rest Is Trash https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking #spam
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Reprising my Sunday, Feb 1st post for the midweek crowd:
The Rest Is Trash https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking #spam
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Reprising my Sunday, Feb 1st post for the midweek crowd:
The Rest Is Trash https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking #spam
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Reprising my Sunday, Feb 1st post for the midweek crowd:
The Rest Is Trash https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html) following up on #greytrapping, updating the 18 years piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #openbsd #spamd #greytrappng #greylisting #antispam #cybercrime #networking #spam
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The latest "Lazy reading" by Dragonfly Digest @dragonflydigest https://www.dragonflydigest.com/ has "Eighteen years of Greytrapping" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html featured. Later this year it will be nineteen years :) (and updates will come) #spamd #spam #openbsd #antispam #greytrapping #greylisting #cybercrime
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The latest "Lazy reading" by Dragonfly Digest @dragonflydigest https://www.dragonflydigest.com/ has "Eighteen years of Greytrapping" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html featured. Later this year it will be nineteen years :) (and updates will come) #spamd #spam #openbsd #antispam #greytrapping #greylisting #cybercrime
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The latest "Lazy reading" by Dragonfly Digest @dragonflydigest https://www.dragonflydigest.com/ has "Eighteen years of Greytrapping" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html featured. Later this year it will be nineteen years :) (and updates will come) #spamd #spam #openbsd #antispam #greytrapping #greylisting #cybercrime
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The latest "Lazy reading" by Dragonfly Digest @dragonflydigest https://www.dragonflydigest.com/ has "Eighteen years of Greytrapping" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html featured. Later this year it will be nineteen years :) (and updates will come) #spamd #spam #openbsd #antispam #greytrapping #greylisting #cybercrime
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The latest "Lazy reading" by Dragonfly Digest @dragonflydigest https://www.dragonflydigest.com/ has "Eighteen years of Greytrapping" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html featured. Later this year it will be nineteen years :) (and updates will come) #spamd #spam #openbsd #antispam #greytrapping #greylisting #cybercrime
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A Major Mail Provider Demonstrate They Likely Do Not Understand Mail At All https://nxdomain.no/~peter/they_do_not_understand_mail_at_all.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-major-mail-provider-demonstrate-they.html)
#greytrapping #spam, #antispam #greylisting #blocklist, #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #SMTP, #contentfiltering #SPF #DMARC #security #networking @nostarch
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Heh. Looks like the tracked version of Why 451 is Good for You - Greylisting Perspectives From the Early Noughties https://nxdomain.no/~peter/why_451_is_good.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-451-is-good-for-you-greylisting.html) hit hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414653
No, I willl not respond to those comments either :D
#greylisting #greytrapping #spam #spamtrapping #antispam #spamd #openbsd #smtp
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Heh. Looks like the tracked version of Why 451 is Good for You - Greylisting Perspectives From the Early Noughties https://nxdomain.no/~peter/why_451_is_good.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-451-is-good-for-you-greylisting.html) hit hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414653
No, I willl not respond to those comments either :D
#greylisting #greytrapping #spam #spamtrapping #antispam #spamd #openbsd #smtp
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Heh. Looks like the tracked version of Why 451 is Good for You - Greylisting Perspectives From the Early Noughties https://nxdomain.no/~peter/why_451_is_good.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-451-is-good-for-you-greylisting.html) hit hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414653
No, I willl not respond to those comments either :D
#greylisting #greytrapping #spam #spamtrapping #antispam #spamd #openbsd #smtp
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Heh. Looks like the tracked version of Why 451 is Good for You - Greylisting Perspectives From the Early Noughties https://nxdomain.no/~peter/why_451_is_good.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-451-is-good-for-you-greylisting.html) hit hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414653
No, I willl not respond to those comments either :D
#greylisting #greytrapping #spam #spamtrapping #antispam #spamd #openbsd #smtp
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Heh. Looks like the tracked version of Why 451 is Good for You - Greylisting Perspectives From the Early Noughties https://nxdomain.no/~peter/why_451_is_good.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-451-is-good-for-you-greylisting.html) hit hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414653
No, I willl not respond to those comments either :D
#greylisting #greytrapping #spam #spamtrapping #antispam #spamd #openbsd #smtp
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The update you have been waiting for:
"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists
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The update you have been waiting for:
"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists
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The update you have been waiting for:
"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists
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The update you have been waiting for:
"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists
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The update you have been waiting for:
"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists
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Why 451 is Good for You - Greylisting Perspectives From the Early Noughties https://nxdomain.no/~peter/why_451_is_good.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-451-is-good-for-you-greylisting.html) @nostarch #greytrapping #greylisting #smtp #email #spam #antispam #bookofpf
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Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers
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Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers
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Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers
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Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers
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Possibly not blogworthy, but: One puzzling side effect of running greytrapping (as chronicled in https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html) is seeing the uptick in password guessing using even the obviously generated gibberish local parts, and the sheer volume of tries (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/should_i_stop_caring_and_let_ip_reputation_sort_them_out.html and links therein). #greytrapping #passwordguessing #passwordgroping #spamd #ssh #pop3gropers
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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.euhave me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd
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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.euhave me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd
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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.euhave me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd
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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.euhave me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd
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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.euhave me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd
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And yes of course, that became a fresh spamtrap, number 8205067 or thereabouts. see the old favorite https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #greytrapping #openbsd #spamd #cybercrime
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And yes of course, that became a fresh spamtrap, number 8205067 or thereabouts. see the old favorite https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #greytrapping #openbsd #spamd #cybercrime