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If Your e-mail Address Starts With A You Get 10% More Spam!
An interesting article that analyzed spam sent to both real and fake e-mail addresses over an 8 week period which shows that e-mail accounts that start with some letters get more spam than others. (Aardvarks vs. Zebra in the article).
This makes sense as some names are more popular and thus easier for the spammers to guess. I happen to know lots of people
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