JJ

Hello,
I've got a couple of domains that I've only used for email addresses
to a small circle of friends but I get scads of spam. One domain I
haven't even used yet for email or web but it is hosted and it also
gets buckets of spam - dictionary style to a bunch of names I've never
used.

I am suspecting someone else wants the domain and is spamming the
daylights out of it in the hope of diminishing its utility and perhaps
I'll give it up.

I won't cave but I am curious how widespread this sort of thing is and
if there is a formal name for this practice.

I also wonder, if such a scheme were to succeed, wouldn't the new
domain owner also have a problem with waves of spam or would they just
let a small number of specific addresses through.

Thanks

Jay