When all doubles (and tripples, and...) are removed from the lists, only 6,220,454 unique addresses remain. Which is 57% of the number of addresses the spammers claims. ..
Over 60% of all addresses appear twice, while only 28% appears only once. ...
If only 28% of the names on the CD appear once, then why is it you still have 57% of the names on the list after you remove doubles, triples etc..
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Before anyone even stiffles a laugh at the sleepless baboon... I figured it out.
When all doubles (and tripples, and ...) are removed from the lists, only 6,220,454 unique addresses remain. Which is 57% of the number of addresses the spammers claims.
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Over 60% of all addresses appear twice, while only 28% appears only once.
If only 28% of the names on the CD appear once, then why is it you still have 57% of the names on the list after you remove doubles, triples etc..
Is my lack of sleep affecting my arithmetic?
Acar