The Story of "Nadine". What happens when an email address that doesn't exist is accidentally used to enter an online sweepstakes? It gets spammed. And spammed. And spammed. Despite both manual and automated responses declaring that the address doesn't exist, the mistyped email address of "Nadine" continues to get spam, in some cases several times a day from a single source. On the receiving end of all this spam is a well-informed, dedicated anti-spam advocate and system administrator with a tale to tell.

Imagine if that were your email address.