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I subscribed to Time Out magazine in 2004 with a unique email address.

Get a spam email today to the same email address advertising consumerpanel.co.uk:

Date: 29 Aug 2007 14:32:13 -0000
From: mailpepper – CCI <mailpepperuk@uk.mail.mailpepper.com>
To: snipped@jamesp0.org.uk
Subject: , Free groceries in your area

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This is not the first time I’ve had a problem with spam from Time Out, they also do this with addresses you use to enter competitions with (EDIT: this has been explained as covered in the T&Cs of the competition – make sure you check them).

My advice, block *.mailpepper.com & *.cabestan.com (their mail host) in your mail servers. And use disposable email addresses when dealing with Time Out.

UPDATE: I’ve had a nice response from Time Out, check the comments.

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