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Date:      Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:40:20 +0000
From:      RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SPAM Trap
Message-ID:  <200512231740.21666.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051223120440.G5464@seibercom.net>
References:  <20051223120440.G5464@seibercom.net>

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On Friday 23 December 2005 17:12, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> I have been reading about SPAM Traps. Exactly what is a SPAM Trap? I
> noticed that it seems to be used in conjunction with blacklisting
> organizations.
>
> How would one go about setting up one?

AFAIK it's just a set of email accounts that are not used by real people, so 
anything that ends up in them can be fed into some kind of spam-learning 
software such as DCC, vipal's razor etc. Try googling those terms with 
spamtrap.


I believe Brightmail makes extensive use of spamtraps too.


  



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