I added a few more translations of the phrase "The rest is trash" to the spamtraps at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml (see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/the_rest_is_trash.html or https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-rest-is-trash.html).

If you want further translations added, please let me know (with translation in your message).

#spamtraps #greytrapping #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #antispam #imaginaryfriends #localization #cybercrime

The list without wrapper text is available as https://www.bsdly.net/~peter/sortlist.txt (BIG! -- 22975800 entries as of right now, will increase)

The update you have been waiting for:

"Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off?" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)

now has the complete 2025 data in place. #openbsd #spamd #greytrapping #spam #antispam #cybercrime #spamtraps #blocklists

Hm. log entries like

Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83364]: (GREY) 171.4.7.241: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
Sep 30 00:54:41 skapet spamd[83004]: new entry 171.4.7.241 from <[email protected]> to <[email protected]>, helo ns3000605.ip-37-59-46.eu

have me suspect they are actually reading my stuff such as https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html #spamtraps #greytrapping #antispam #cybercrime #spamd #openbsd

Now 8024921 imaginary friends (and counting), at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml, mainly exhumed from logs.

For the bored but not restless, https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html) #greytrapping #spamtraps #spamd #openbsd #spam #cybercrime

In 2013 I wrote up "Maintaining A Publicly Available Blacklist - Mechanisms And Principles" (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2013/04/maintaining-publicly-available.html) . TL;DR: blocklisting is a kind of public shaming, be sure your process is verifiable and transparent.

Minor edits today, links to resources and #eurobsdcon inside. #blocklists #spamtraps #antispam #smtp #spamd #openbsd #freebsd #security #cybercrime

September 7, 2022 the 300,000th spamtrap was added to our list of imaginary friends, see "The Things Spammers Believe - A Tale of 300,000 Imaginary Friends" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/spammers_believe_in_300k_imaginary_friends.html.

Today, the number at at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/traplist.shtml rolled past 5,000,000 (yes, five million). #spam #spamtraps #spamd #openbsd #cybercrime #scams #malware