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

[Dave]

<kenmce> wrote in message news:3A78D873.125E9FEA
> 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. ;->
>
>
>

Hi

Unless it is used to get around filtering software?
Dave