Blank Spams
My trusty Spamcop account traps 99.9% of all known germs for me. I just have to clear it out once a day. It's been that way for many years. I've grown used to all the regular spams that occur daily/weekly - indeed, there's something endearing about them. The lady who has cancer and two months to live - she still does, five years later. Same name, different e-mail addresses.
But this week, a new trend has started. I'm getting about 100 a day "blank" spams - there is absolutely nothing there: no headers, no subject, nothing.
I'm curious - what are they? Mr Google says they're spammers testing random addresses to see if they bounce, but that doesn't explain the sheer volume I'm getting.
Anyone know?