> That would be an interesting research project. The domains getting most spams on my servers are the ones that are old (20+ years) which I guess makes sense.
The old lists may be more plausible.
Some spammer once associated 'Robin Bennett' with my email addresses at some point 20 years ago and kept reselling it. Never used that name, didn't even know Bennett was a surname. I assume they linked me up with that name to fill up empty cells in their list and make it look more plausible.
It's a good way to filter spam. The last decade almost all spam calling me 'Bennett' is from some US political group, which mostly reminds me that it will be a long time before anything GDPR-like will pass in the US..
But almost all spam goes to that old 20 year old email address I don't use. My current email addresses are much cleaner even after 10+ year of use
The old lists may be more plausible.
Some spammer once associated 'Robin Bennett' with my email addresses at some point 20 years ago and kept reselling it. Never used that name, didn't even know Bennett was a surname. I assume they linked me up with that name to fill up empty cells in their list and make it look more plausible.
It's a good way to filter spam. The last decade almost all spam calling me 'Bennett' is from some US political group, which mostly reminds me that it will be a long time before anything GDPR-like will pass in the US..
But almost all spam goes to that old 20 year old email address I don't use. My current email addresses are much cleaner even after 10+ year of use