is it possible for a spammer to send email to ALL addresses on a domain?

[dpopiz]

I'm wondering if I should try to use multiple domains to keep my email addresses free of spam...

Is it possible for them to have their spamming prog send to all users on a particular domain, like sort of a *@domain.com thing?

I mean, if they don't know all the addresses, they just know the domain, and maybe one address on that domain. Then can they send emails to the unknown addresses too?


I hope one of you can understand what I'm trying to say

 

[etalns]

I don't believe so. But that's mainly becuase I don't see how the mechanism would work.

Then again, I have been wrong before, Minendo did end up losing his virginity.

 

[DaveSimmons]

No, the way they work is to generate a million individual emails and try them all to see which ones don't bounce, e.g.

asmith
bsmith
csmith
....
zsmith

ajones
bjones
....
zjones

...

 

[FoBoT]

i get everything going to my domain because i setup a catch all address that all mail that is addressed to my domain but a valid account doesn't exist goes to

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i get everything going to my domain because i setup a catch all address that all mail that is addressed to my domain but a valid account doesn't exist goes to

Yep.

If you only want to receive e-mail sent to valid e-mail addresses then turn off your catch all.

Which control panel are you using?