Rodale Press/Men’s Health: Suddenly Spamming a Closed Email Address

Men’s Health Magazine and Books, a subsidary of Rodale Press, is suddenly sending bulk email to an email address that was closed in 2008, and that has not received email from Men’s Health at least since this email address completed its timeout period and was re-enabled as a spamtrap. This email address would have long since been removed from any properly-run bulk email list. Properly managed bulk email lists also don’t start suddenly emailing email addresses that they have ignored for several years. The ESP is Acxiom Digital.

Sending IP: 209.11.164.126

Spam Sample:

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        for <xxx>; Thu,  8 Dec 2011 10:xx:xx -0600 (CST)
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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 08:xx:xx -0800 (PST)
From: Men's Health <MensHealth@menshealth.delivery.net>
Reply-to: MensHealth@menshealth.delivery.net
To: <xxx>
Message-ID: <xxx>
Subject: 6 Steps to a 6-Pack! No Gym Required!
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Readable Email:

From: Men’s Health <MensHealth@menshealth.delivery.net>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: 6 Steps to a 6-Pack! No Gym Required!
Reply-to: MensHealth@menshealth.delivery.net

Dear <xxx>,

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