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teergrube
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/teergroob@/ , n. [German for tar pit ] A trap set to punish spammers who
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use an address harvester ; a mail server deliberately set up to be really,
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really slow. To activate it, scatter addresses that look like users on the
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teergrube's host in places where the address harvester will be trolling (one
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popular way is to embed the fake address in a Usenet sig block next to a
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human-readable warning not to send mail to it). The address harvester will
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dutifully collect the address. When the spammer tries to mailbomb it, his
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mailer will get stuck.
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