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Originally Posted by djm2 My question, however, revolves around how it would get spammed if use is restricted to very infrequent use by one or two persons, and never published? I would be concerned about giving it to any source for automatic replies, such as airlines, etc., but how about your spouse? |
Spammers often send junk mail using what's called a 'dictionary attack'.
They simply guess your address by sending to messages to
![[email address]](http://www.blackberryforums.com/?emailimage=55931b8b3c450d89dc719bd98b7e5ce3)
where xxxxxxxxxx is every single combination of letters and numbers they can dream up.
They'll start at the letter a, and continue through every letter of the alphabet.
![[email address]](http://www.blackberryforums.com/?emailimage=ac4429eba30adbe7acd58fb84400ff87)
....
and so on.
You don't need to publish your address, or give it out to anyone in order to start receiving spam on it.
Best not to have an @carrier.blackberry.net email address at all, because spam can't be controlled on it.
Just use a GMail or Yahoo address instead. You still get nearly instant push mail, and you can control spam. Not to mention, the ability to manage your mailbox from anywhere.