Colonial Candle: Emailing a Spamtrap

Colonial Candle, a maker of scented and specialty candles, is sending bulk email to an email address that was closed in 2008. Colonial Candle may be mailing a fallow list, may be adding web form subscriptions directly to their list without confirming them first (a good way to ensure that typoed email addresses and bogus third-party subscriptions are NOT weeded out), or may have purchased a list. The ESP is Silverpop.

Sending IP: 208.85.52.9

Spam Sample:

Actual Headers:

Received: from xmd8.stamats.eb2b.vtrnz.com (xmd8.stamats.eb2b.vtrnz.com [208.85.52.9])
        by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
        for <xxx>; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:xx:xx -0600 (CST)
Received: by xmd8.stamats.eb2b.vtrnz.com (PowerMTA(TM) v3.5r16) id <xxx> 
        for <xxx>; Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:xx:xx -0500 
        (envelope-from <v-<xxx>@bounce.stamats.eb2b.vtrnz.com>)
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:xx:xx -0500 (EST)
From: Colonial Candle <Customer.Service@colonialcandle.com>
Reply-To: Customer.Service@colonialcandle.com
To: <xxx>
Message-ID: <xxx>
Subject: 15% Off + Free Ground Shipping Now Through Sunday
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
        boundary="----=_Part_<xxx>"
x-mid: <xxx>
x-job: <xxx>
x-orgId: <xxx>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:v-<xxx>@bounce.stamats.eb2b.vtrnz.com?subject=Unsubscribe>

Readable Email:

From: Colonial Candle <Customer.Service@colonialcandle.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: 15% Off + Free Ground Shipping Now Through Sunday
Reply-To: Customer.Service@colonialcandle.com

Colonial Candle

Our Gift to You
Enjoy 15% off your purchase plus free ground shipping until Sunday
Promo Code TURKEY – Offer Expires 11/27

Shop Now http://links.stamats.eb2b.vtrnz.com/ctt?<xxx>

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Forward to a Friend http://www.pages05.net/colonialcandle/Email/Forward?<xxx>

Update your Email Preferences
http://www.pages05.net/colonialcandle/Email/Preferences?<xxx>

Unsubscribe
http://www.pages05.net/colonialcandle/Email/Subscriptions?<xxx>

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