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[vicarz]

Yet another reason AOL sucks: their employees sell your info to spammers!
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=7&u=/nm/20040624/ts_nm/tech_aol_spam_dc

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[lilkender.livejournal.com]

And the guy was fired, not taken to court for theft. Sheesh.

With my provider, I pay like $22 a month and can have up to 10 email addresses. I can add and delete them at will. I added a few at once, didn't use them, didn't sign up for anything, but the next DAY they were already getting spam. WTF? How did they get my addresses?

[vicar.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking that spammers have lists of common email names, and send them to all identified domains. Most bounce, but many get through. JimBob@AnyServer.com probably gets spammorific mail.