Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:56:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: My, how quick they are . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

"Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:
> Received some processed meat product as a BC that was addressed to
> Capclave5 at wsfa.org.

That's surprising, since that address has not appeared anywhere except
this list.  I just checked, and the web archive pages of this list
which mention it (altered to "Capclave5 at wsfa.org") have received no
hits.  Nor does Google find any mention of it on any web page or in any
newsgroup posting.  Any idea where spammers could have gotten it from?

Unfortunately, addresses that you don't tell anyone aren't
particularly useful.  And spammers will harvest any web page,
newsgroup posting, or open mailing list.  At least they don't
harvest fliers distributed at cons.

The record for quickness, in my experience, is 19 minutes.  That's how
long it took for a new disposable address I put on my web page to get
its first spam.  (Yes, I'm sure it got no spams *before* being placed
on my web page.  Spammers harvested it there.)