A Guide to Spam Traps and How to Avoid Them

[throwawaykeno]

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]

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.

[muppetman]

I just signed up for their newsletter from a few spamtraps. I'm a nice person.

[askldfhjkasfhd]

Unless you have access to those spamtraps to complete the opt-in, I doubt they will actually be subscribed.