[thelist] Client moved to our server and suddenly they are receiving a lot of spam

Anthony Baratta anthony at baratta.com
Wed Jun 2 19:37:04 CDT 2004


At 05:10 PM 6/2/2004, Clayton Smith wrote:
>A client's site moved to our server a couple days.  The site hasn't been 
>re-designed yet but mysteriously they are receiving large amounts of spam now.
>There are only 2 email addresses on the site(in the source) so I don't 
>suspect email spiders.
>
>My guesses are:
>- the previous provider sold / delivered the email addresses to spam artists
>- someone doesn't like the company and decided to get everyone hooked on 
>spam(300+ emails per account a day)
>- it is somehow strangely related to being moved to a new server

Maybe the previous ISP has spam filters?

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Anthony Baratta
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