__/ [me@xxxxxxxxxxx] on Monday 07 November 2005 16:56 \__
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> I am trying to figure out what the most used email address
> on Usenet is as defined by doing the following search:
> <http://groups.google.com/groups?q=author:me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Of all the email addresses I checked, me@xxxxxxxxxxx is the
> most used. Can anyone here find one that is more common?
>
> EMAIL ADDRESS HITS
> me@xxxxxxxxxxx .................. 1,150,000
> nospam@xxxxxxxxxx ............... 786,000
> a@xxx ........................... 209,000
> @. .............................. 187,000
> x@xxx ........................... 110,000
> nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ............ 107,000
> a@xxx ........................... 83,400
> invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ......... 64,700
> anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... 48,900
> fake@xxxxxxxx ................... 43,500
> uce@xxxxxxx ..................... 32,000
> anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ......... 22,300
> 1@xxx ........................... 19,600
> nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx .............. 15,800
> *@*.* ........................... 15,600
> nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx .............. 13,100
> _@xxx ........................... 11,800
> no.spam@xxxxxxx ................. 10,200
> nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx .............. 7,070
> dev@xxxxxxxx .................... 6,700
> ?@?.? ........................... 6,580
> billg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ............. 6,440
> none@xxxxxxxxxxx ................ 4,200
> invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx ............. 3,840
> 0@@0.0 .......................... 3,530
> nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx .............. 2,110
> someone@xxxxxxxxxxx ............. 1,400
> devnull@xxxxxxxxxxx ............. 1,370
Why do you multipost?
That aside, has anyone realised that by using some of these obscure domain
names, genuine sites and mail servers can be hit? If the domain name is
real, that can become quite deadly over time unless certain ports get ig-
nored. An E-mail address whose domain is some company one hates I suppose
that can do much harm when harvested, as well as promoting and proliferat-
ing a brand name. billg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx is one such example. Later on Mi-
crosoft brag about the amount of spam their managers get.
Roy
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