OT: mailbox generator

[Oleg Goldshmidt]

Oleg Goldshmidt <pub at goldshmidt.org> writes:

> One can set up several mail accounts, devise such a script (my friend's
> story proves it is possible), generate a random delay and run it off
> at(1) [rather than cron, to avoid regularity], rotating sender addresses
> in the process. Then fetchmail from a designated account, procmail to a
> script that sometimes generates a reply...

Hmm... On second thought: we tend to look for clever technical solutions
to problems, and sometimes there is a much simpler and obvious approach.

Open a perfectly normal webmail account. Visit half a dozen porn sites,
register the new email address for whatever promotions and
"entertainment" they promise you that do not require a credit card up
front. Set up a filter to not send anything to spam and to mark
everything as read.

I am guessing that after just a few days you'll have a rather voluminous
- and always up-to-date - email account you can safely present for
inspection. Keep complimenting the security agent loudly on being very
diligent, and hope that his workstation will be infected with something
nasty as a bonus (if they insist on using your laptop you'll hope that
your Linux is immune).

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Oleg Goldshmidt | pub at goldshmidt.org