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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>spam bait</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="spam.html" title="spam"/><link rel="next" href="spamblock.html" title="spamblock"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">spam bait</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spam.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spamblock.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="spam-bait"/><dt xmlns="" id="spam-bait"><b>spam bait</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Email addresses included in, or comprising the entirety of, a Usenet
message so that spammers mining a newsgroup with an
<a href="../A/address-harvester.html"><i class="glossterm">address harvester</i></a> will collect them. These addresses can be people who
have offended or annoyed the poster, or who are included so that a spammer
will spam an official, thereby causing himself trouble. One particularly
effective form of spam bait is the address of a
<a href="../T/teergrube.html"><i class="glossterm">teergrube</i></a>. </p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spam.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="spamblock.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">spam </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> spamblock</td></tr></table></div></body></html>