xt.local spam source found
Contents
The problem
Gmail provided a wonderful service when it was rolled out in 2004.
Spam has gotten worse over the years and had become increasingly problematic recently. One would be excused for thinking a tech juggernaut such as Google could handle the situation. When advertising is a main income, one could easily argue that blocking spam is not good for business. Their calculations may now be less about whether something is spam or not and rather how much spam can they let through without users fleeing.
Examing the emails
Researching
- exact target - xt.local
- mailchimp - mcsv.net
- sales force - currently researching
list-id.mcsv.net IDs and the brands using them, possibly illegitimately
- 155181.list-id.mcsv.net - lifestylechristianity.com
- 28629.list-id.mcsv.net - codility.com
- 339625.list-id.mcsv.net - rvillage.com
- 16233.list-id.mcsv.net - filabot.com
- 263197.list-id.mcsv.net - hamradioboston.org
- 511609.list-id.mcsv.net - deathsauce.com
- 38137.list-id.mcsv.net - wcfav.org , shaneidleman.com
List of xt.local IDs and the brands using them, possibly illegitimately
- 6424007.xt.local - Personal Capital
- 7325858.xt.local - Experian
- 6233165.xt.local - Dutch Wonderland
- 100001952.xt.local - Advance Auto Parts
- 100013832.xt.local - eBay Partner Network
- 7215635.xt.local - Navy Federal
- 526001337.xt.local - Vercel
- 8200011.xt.local - Heroku
- 1055280.xt.local - Geico
- 6425645.xt.local - TD Bank
- 6396923.xt.local - TD Bank (Outage)
- 10137247.xt.local - The Home Depot
- 100010605.xt.local - Aetna
- 7329836.xt.local - SANS Institute
- 100015038.xt.local - Legacy.com
- 10780075.xt.local - Enterprise Rent-a-Car
- 7282972.xt.local - Target
- 7201643.xt.local - Sling TV
- 10958519.xt.local - Slack
- 6416953.xt.local - GasBuddy
- 100014983.xt.local - Red Robin
- 100005777.xt.local - Visible
- 100009663.xt.local - Shutterfly
- 6218588.xt.local - ACME Markets
- 100012709.xt.local - GNC
- 100016119.xt.local - GameStop
- 7003000.xt.local - Prudential
- 100028751.xt.local - 7-Eleven
- 7291643.xt.local - Great Wolf Lodge
- 100015470.xt.local - Mears Taxi
- 6151033.xt.local - Playstation
- 78002.xt.local - TurboTax
- 7297237.xt.local - Etsy
- 6261227.xt.local - Host Gator
- 7207798.xt.local - FamilySearch.org
- 7296740.xt.local - Zacks.com
- 7213016.xt.local - Nest
- 7282934.xt.local - MapMyFitness
- 10305558_35047364.xt.local - MicroCenter
- 7227272_264036.xt.local - Planet Fitness
- 6166442_2486468.xt.local - SecondLife
- 7202553_143830.xt.local - ProFlowers
- 7299199_62441.xt.local - SAFER System
- 7227104_12987.xt.local - Skype
- 10212251_77388202.xt.local - Wegmans
- 1043454_5958667.xt.local - Vudu
- 7226089_5963.xt.local - Twitter
- 6327534_4451459.xt.local - Uber
- 6236232.xt.local - Caesar’s Casino / Tropicana
- 7282934.xt.local - Under Armour
- 500009790.xt.local - Hello Fresh
- 100004329.xt.local - Be the Match
- 7327436.xt.local - GraphicsProducts.com
Corrections
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