address harvester n.
A robot that searches web pages
and/or filters netnews traffic looking for valid email addresses.
Some address harvesters are benign, used only for compiling address
directories. Most, unfortunately, are run by miscreants compiling
address lists to spam. Address harvesters can be foiled by
a teergrube.
A robot that searches web pages
and/or filters netnews traffic looking for valid email addresses.
Some address harvesters are benign, used only for compiling address
directories. Most, unfortunately, are run by miscreants compiling
address lists to spam. Address harvesters can be foiled by
a teergrube.
Related:
- spamblock /spam'blok/ n.
[poss. by analogy to
sunblock] Text inserted in an email address to render it invalid
and thus useless to spammers.
For example, the address `jrandom@hacker.org' might... - teergrube /teer'groob/ n.
[German for `tar pit'] A
trap set to punish spammers who use an address harvester;
a mail server deliberately set up to be really,... - missile address n.
See ICBM address... - network address n.
(also `net address') As used by
hackers,
means an address on `the' network (see the network... - throwaway account n.
1. An inexpensive Internet account
purchased on a legitimate ISP for the the sole purpose of
spewing spam.
2. An inexpensive Internet account obtained for ... - mailing list n.
(often shortened in context to `list')
1.
An email address that is an alias (or macro, though... - ICBM address n.
(Also `missile address') The form
used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project,
back before the day of pervasive Internet, included... - BNA Branch to
Nonexistent... - BRA: Branch to
Random...
