Traps

Would a spam trap be an opener or a clicker in your list? Or would it be not be an "engaged" email address?

 

Usually not.

 

Of course it could be. Lots of bots would scan links or you could have a human open email from a trap account.

The reverse is possible too though.

 

agree with what DKPMO said

of course you need to filter out bots

 

In our experience, the spamtraps from the major anti-spam sites (SpamHaus, Spamcop, etc..) are:

- Frequent but random openers: They not always open the email.

- Extremely seldom clickers: Usually when you hit 50+ of their traps and they are planning to add you to their blocklist, then an employee usually opens and clicks on your links (with the consequent opener and clicker record).