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Too much effort. They mostly go for fire-and-forget strategy. Any additional processing time means less sent emails = less profit.
by vsviridov 13y ago
Too much effort. They mostly go for fire-and-forget strategy. Any additional processing time means less sent emails = less profit.
- joosters 13y agoWhat? It's minimal effort. 'Found' a gmail address? Drop everything after the + sign. Spammers spend a lot of processing time on their emails (e.g. testing them against spam filters to tweak them to get through), so this extra step is so small as to be insignificant.