terrible, nasty idea...

[David Relson]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:31:22 -0400
Bob Vincent wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 09:17:53AM -0700, Jef Poskanzer wrote:
> > What percentage of spam do you think has a valid return address?
> 
> No, no, no.  Not subscribe the return address.
> 
> Subscribe the "email here to unsubscribe" address.

A quick bit of grep'ing and sed'ing shows 791 unique unsubscribe
addresses in my email this year.  The list includes gems like:

unsubscribe-alib9nlemae9gtmqc2voqv2c at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alib9nlli2ojwcmqc2voqvaa at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alibb3eo1mafxwmq82vsr98d at valuevalet.com
unsubscribe-alibb3eo1malzwmq82vsr9rc at valuevalet.com
unsubscribe-alibfyon11zf9umqj2vcrfpb at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alibfyon1d152vmqj2vcrf1d at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alima3mn11zf9umqc2vcrffb at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alima3nemae9gtmqc2voqkhc at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alima3nli2ojwcmqj2voqknd at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alimah3p1mafxwmqc2vsrv5b at valuevalet.com
unsubscribe-alimah3p1malzwmqc2vsrvwa at valuevalet.com
unsubscribe-alimahegmae9gtmqj2voqk5a at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alimaheoi2ojwcmqj2voqked at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alimahxl11zf9umqj2vcrfaa at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alimahxl1d152vmqc2vcr93b at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alimg8lfmae9gtmq82voqd1a at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alimg8lni2ojwcmq82voqdfd at mailestate.com
unsubscribe-alimggcp1mafxwmq82vsrkqd at valuevalet.com
unsubscribe-alimggcp1malzwmq82vsrklc at valuevalet.com

Yecchh.

David