FootSmart: Selling Shoes to Spamtraps?

Comfort shoe specialists FootSmart sent email to an old web site role address that was closed in 2007, and after its timeout period was re-enabled as a spamtrap. This email address even when live did not send email and would not have subscribed to receive bulk email. The ESP is ExactTarget.

Sending IP: 66.231.93.172

Spam Sample:

Actual Headers:

Received: from mta.email.footsmart.com (mta.email.footsmart.com [66.231.93.172])
        by <xxx> (Postfix) with ESMTP id <xxx>
        for <xxx>; Tue,  1 Nov 2011 02:xx:xx -0500 (CDT)
DKIM-Signature: <xxx>
DomainKey-Signature: <xxx>
Received: by mta.email.footsmart.com (PowerMTA(TM) v3.5r15) id <xxx> 
        for <xxx>; Tue, 1 Nov 2011 01:xx:xx -0600 
        (envelope-from <bounce-<xxx>@bounce.email.footsmart.com>)
From: "FootSmart" <footsmart@email.footsmart.com>
To: <xxx>
Subject: Be Smart About Comfort: 15% Off + Free Shipping
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:xx:xx -0600
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:leave-<xxx>@leave.email.footsmart.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
x-job: <xxx>
Message-ID: <xxx>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
        boundary="<xxx>"

Readable Email:

From: FootSmart <footsmart@email.footsmart.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Be Smart About Comfort: 15% Off + Free Shipping

FootSmart – Lower Body Health, Comfort Shoes and Socks, Footcare
http://click.email.footsmart.com/?<xxx>
15% OFF Plus FREE SHIPPING when your product total is $59 or more

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This offer expires 11:59 PM PT, Thursday, November 3, 2011

Offer applied automatic
ally at checkout when shopping from this email

Terms & Conditions: This offer expires 11:59 PM PT, Thursday, November 3, 2011. Offer applies when your product total is $59 or more. Clearance Excluded. Offer excludes the following brands or products: Aetrex, Alegria, Allrounder by Mephisto, Apex, Arcopedico, Asics, Brooks, Chaco, Cushe, Dankso, Dr. Andrew Weil, Earthies, Enzo, Feetures, FitFlop, Kalso Earth, Mephisto, Merrell, Moji, Munro, Naot, Orthaheel, Saucony, Taos, Thorlos, Vionic by Orthaheel, select Easy Spirit and New Balance styles. This offer may not be combined with other promotional offers or applied to previously placed orders, or for shipments to Canada. Expedited delivery charges and additional shipping charges to APO/FPO addresses, Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. Territories are not included in the Free Shipping offer. For questions, please
http://click.email.footsmart.com/?<xxx>
email us or contact us at 1-877-875-9808.

FootSmart sells over 3,000 comfort footwear and healthcare products designed to keep you moving in comfort. You are receiving this email because you previously purchased from FootSmart and/or requested additional information from us via
http://click.email.footsmart.com/?<xxx>
footsmart.com. Please visit us at footsmart.com for more information, or
http://click.email.footsmart.com/?<xxx>
unsubscribe. If you’d prefer to contact FootSmart via postal mail, please send your inquiries to:
Benchmark Brands, Inc., 5250 Triangle Parkway, Suite 200, Norcross, GA 30092.
To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add mailto:footsmart@email.footsmart.com
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