[SpamCop-List] Re: Spam Subject Lines Ending With Number

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Chris W wrote:

> I've noticed of late that much of the Spam I receive (up to 10 a day) has the
> usual rubbish in the subject field but appends a number.   The number is
> usually separated from the subject text by a large number of spaces,
> presumably so it isn't always seen in the mail reader's display (truncated).
> Is there some nefarious purpose to this number?

    It could tell them who you are.  It could identify which list you are on.
It could identify which mail run you were in.  It could identify which
sub-spammer got you to respond.  It could identify which bulker handled that
bit of trash.  Who knows?

    If it worries you, you can trim it out, or better yet, change it by a few
digits, say from 30957 to 30975.  Let the spammer worry about why that number
seems funny. ;->