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**Chris** · 11-11-2005, 18:43

Thanks for the warning - however I doubt there has been a security breach, they are quite possibly using a list generated out of common words and people's names, all hit and miss - many emails will fail or bounce, but some will get through. I get spam at my work addy, with a load of other people's names @myemployer.com copied in, and I know for a fact that many of the names on the email don't exist in our address book.

11-11-2005, 18:43	#2
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,388	Re: NTL: email addresses obtained by spammers? Thanks for the warning - however I doubt there has been a security breach, they are quite possibly using a list generated out of common words and people's names, all hit and miss - many emails will fail or bounce, but some will get through. I get spam at my work addy, with a load of other people's names @myemployer.com copied in, and I know for a fact that many of the names on the email don't exist in our address book.