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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>address harvester</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="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="ad-hockery.html" title="ad-hockery"/><link rel="next" href="adger.html" title="adger"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">address harvester</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ad-hockery.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="adger.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="address-harvester"/><dt xmlns="" id="address-harvester"><b>address harvester</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A robot that searches web pages and/or filters netnews traffic
looking for valid email addresses. Some address harvesters are benign,
used only for compiling address directories. Most, unfortunately, are run
by miscreants compiling address lists to <a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a>.
Address harvesters can be foiled by a <a href="../T/teergrube.html"><i class="glossterm">teergrube</i></a>.
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