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Spamcraft: an inside look at spam campaign orchestration

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Spamcraft: an inside look at spam campaign orchestration
1. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Internet communications tools
        Email
2. Networks
  1. Network services
    1. Network monitoring

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