How is spamming accomplished?
[Top]In order for spammers to send out an unsolicited email to a large number of recipients, they must first collect a list of emails. Many spammers have developed tools or changed preexisting software to automate a computer to collect email addresses, usually off of the web. Typically, these programs will search a web page, downloading any email address it finds into a file which can then be used as a mailing list for spam. Once emails have been collected, spammers can then use mass mailing programs to send out their unsolicited message to thousands of recipients. br> Sometimes spammers will take steps in order to ensure that they are not caught sending out unsolicited emails. They may use a token email account that they have registered for the specific purpose of spamming, or even use someone else’s existing email account, so that any resistance to the spam email will be transferred to that innocent party.
