February 2017 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps, February 2017

ESP mail seen in spamtraps, February 2017

This is the post-MAAWG post. Thanks to all we met in SF.

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January 2017 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps, January 2017

ESP mail seen in spamtraps, January 2017

This post marks the second anniversary of this series (which was not intended to become a series or any sort of regular occurrence in the first place). I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who is paying attention and sharing these posts in social media, and I’m very much looking forward to meeting a significant part of you all in two weeks – that is, assuming that Finns with ESTA are still allowed in. 😀

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December 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps, December 2016

ESP mail seen in spamtraps, December 2016

This month’s theme is “Fake ESPs and Dyn”. Otherwise, it’s mostly the usual suspects, with the exception of AWeber making an entry at #10 with a make-money-fast spammer.

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November 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps November 2016

ESP mail seen in spamtraps November 2016

The theme of this month’s post is Dyn. There were indications last month that they were up’n’coming, but I wasn’t quite expecting them to make #1, definitely not with a 50% lead over the next contestant.

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October 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps October 2016

ESP mail seen in spamtraps October 2016

Severely late this month, to offset last month’s being well on time… 🙂

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September 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps September 2016

ESP mail seen in spamtraps September 2016

On time this month, only four hours after data collection has ended!

The theme of this month’s post is Back to Basics, ou, si vous préférez, La Rentrée. The term has started and the oddities of summer seem to be over. 🙂

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August 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps August 2016

ESP mail seen in spamtraps August 2016

The theme of this month’s post is a specific company, unfortunately. The questionable honour goes to SMTP.com, Inc.

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Streamsend: ESP Spams for Its Own Marketing Department

Streamsend, the ESP service of ISP EZ Publishing, is sending bulk email to an email address that hasn’t been live since the 1990s. The email advertises EZ Publishing webhosting and development services.

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July 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps July 2016

ESP mail seen in spamtraps July 2016

The theme of this month’s post is “Rospaden”

The flag of the fictitious state of Rospaden

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June 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs

ESP mail seen in spamtraps June 2016

ESP mail seen in spamtraps June 2016

Long overdue – summer holidays and all that, but here we go.

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