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How to recognize spamtrap address?

Author: H.Wu (12 Sep 07 10:04pm)

I purchased an excel list of potential marketing customers. But I've been told by my webmail account administrator that there are a fe spamtrap email addresses on them. But they won't give me inside industry info beyond that. How do I recognize a spamtrap address in order to delete them?

Can you provide some general clues/guidelines?

Re: How to recognize spamtrap address?

Author: M.Prince (22 Sep 07 2:19pm)

No.

Re: How to recognize spamtrap address?

Author: A.Doherty (27 Feb 08 5:12am)

"I purchased an excel list of potential marketing customers"

then you are a spammer!

consent cannot be sold,
if you e-mail marketing to an address that has not explicitly consented to recieve marketing from you you are spamming, its that simple!

puchasing lists that have been harvested {the only way a spamtrap could be on the list}
is financing the harvester.

instead you should be reporting sellers of these lists to the authorities, and helping fight crime not joining them in criminal activities,

all the addresses on your purchased list are non-consenting thus in most countries to e-mail any of them spamtrap or not is a criminal offence