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OMFG what the hell is with all the real email addresses listed - its a spammers paradise. You'd think they'd be all throwaways but there's a lot of real ones (eg. banks, communications) and also noticed a smattering of gov domains.


If you think spammers have trouble getting their hands on real email addresses, you don't really understand spam.


This is real email addresses of wealthy people who are open to a rather risky idea. I'm not thinking spammers...


... wealthy people? You mean: technical contacts at large corporations, I think. They sound perfect for sending ... well, sending what to? 419 scams?


Yeah, that's what I noticed as first thing when opening that page. They're not even obscured in the html code. I thought ICANN were professionals.


Professionals know that "obscured in the HTML code" means nothing against today's collection bots.


Of course, best thing would be not including the addresses at all (that's what professionals would do), but if they deemed it necessary, "obscuring" the addresses would at least stop the most rudimentary harvesters. Also, why the downvotes? Have I offended anyone?




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