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article provides general information about spam. How Spammers
Get Email Addresses Spammers use a variety of methods to gather
email addresses, send their messages and cover their tracks.
Sometimes they will send email from computers set up as email
servers and configured specifically to send spam. They will also
make use of computer virus programs, which enable them to use
computers belonging to others to send the spam. Spammers
generally get their address lists from several places. Searching
public bulletin boards, web pages and newsgroups for valid email
addresses is one common method. Preparing a list of common names
(like jim, joe, jane...) then adding the @cox.net address to
them is another. While