A Guide to Spam Traps and How to Avoid Them

13 points by r0h1n 9 years ago | 7 comments
  • throwawaykeno 9 years ago
    TL;DR: Don't send email to people unless they specifically solicit email from you and confirm their identity.

    I.e., don't send unsolicited email.

    I.e., don't send spam.

    • Gustomaximus 9 years ago
      The more interesting for me was Recycled Traps. Often you want to reactivate old users and companies have legitimate reason/access to do so. This part is the more grey area and interesting to see the ISP inactivity rules.
      • darkarmani 9 years ago
        > This part is the more grey area and interesting to see the ISP inactivity rules.

        How is it a gray area? The ISP is telling you to stop sending to the address by using hard bounces. If you continue to send to it, you are spamming.

        • IceyEC 9 years ago
          Unless, like their example, you only send email occasionally. In the case that you send 1 email per year, you could hit every one of the listed providers without ever seeing a bounce.
    • muppetman 9 years ago
      I just signed up for their newsletter from a few spamtraps. I'm a nice person.
      • askldfhjkasfhd 9 years ago
        Unless you have access to those spamtraps to complete the opt-in, I doubt they will actually be subscribed.