| |
| | FAQ: How do spammers get people's email addresses ? |
 | | To check if your browser simply gives your email address to everybody this way, visit http://www.privacy.net/analyze/ It's worth noting here that when one reads E-mail with a browser (or any mail reader that understands HTML), the reader should be aware of active content (Java applets, Javascript, VB, etc) as well as web bugs. |
 | | This is another major source of email addresses for spammers, especially as this is one of the first public activities newbies join, making it easy for spammers to harvest 'fresh' addresses of people who might have very little experience dealing with spam. |
 | | This is a tempting methods for spammers, as those email addresses are most usually valid and mail sent to it is being read regularily. |
| www.faqs.org /faqs/net-abuse-faq/harvest (2457 words) |
|