Comments on: Spamtastic! http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:26:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: magetoo http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-126 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:44:38 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-126 It might just be an artifact of having the mailserver filter out the majority of spam, but what gets through to me is almost always snippets of unrelated and indecipherable (but real-looking) text designed to defeat bayesian filters, with some picture attached. Presumably these pictures are worth a thousand words (or at least those in the body of the message); but I suppose it is more likely it's the same old "buy Viagra online" stuff. Anyways, it's easy to filter out I suppose. It helps that I'm using a text-only client and that my mail provider won't show HTML messages by default. It might just be an artifact of having the mailserver filter out the majority of spam, but what gets through to me is almost always snippets of unrelated and indecipherable (but real-looking) text designed to defeat bayesian filters, with some picture attached.

Presumably these pictures are worth a thousand words (or at least those in the body of the message); but I suppose it is more likely it's the same old "buy Viagra online" stuff.

Anyways, it's easy to filter out I suppose. It helps that I'm using a text-only client and that my mail provider won't show HTML messages by default.

]]> by: mechaniker http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-120 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:12:08 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-120 For example one in my inbox right now: Expletive UpMy - could I really would love to know what kind of idiots actually open email like this. I might understand it if they only got an email twice a week from their grown up kids and suddenly they get this email... "Oh wow someone emailed me!". But really... For example one in my inbox right now: Expletive UpMy - could

I really would love to know what kind of idiots actually open email like this. I might understand it if they only got an email twice a week from their grown up kids and suddenly they get this email... "Oh wow someone emailed me!". But really...

]]> by: Randon Tain http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-109 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:09:22 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-109 My personal favorite was a subject title of: "Freaking hardcore Boat" it was the usual porn spam but wow, what would that boat look like anyway? My personal favorite was a subject title of: "Freaking hardcore Boat" it was the usual porn spam but wow, what would that boat look like anyway?

]]> by: marius-the-mad http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-102 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:15:44 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-102 I'll just quote the subject. ;) <i>Re: Re: Hi. My name is Viagra</i> That simply... amazed... me for several reasons. :) I'll just quote the subject. ;) Re: Re: Hi. My name is Viagra That simply... amazed... me for several reasons. :)

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-99 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:03:39 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-99 Bryn: IInet say they use Ironport in every e-mail received by their servers :-). The relevant lines they added to a test message I just sent to myself: X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,314,1157299200"; d="scan'208"; a="17897081:sNHT17677806" Bryn: IInet say they use Ironport in every e-mail received by their servers :-).

The relevant lines they added to a test message I just sent to myself:

X-BrightmailFiltered: true
X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA==
X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,314,1157299200";
d="scan'208"; a="17897081:sNHT17677806"

]]> by: bryn http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-98 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:52:36 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-98 Where does iiNet say they use Ironport? Thats very interesting. Where does iiNet say they use Ironport? Thats very interesting.

]]> by: JL http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-97 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:30:11 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2006/10/16/spamtastic/#comment-97 I don't recall any interesting words, though I seldom read my spam anymore. I can usually pick them out as spam just by reading the title alone and they usually get shredded right after I've done that. What I generally find amusing these days are the e-mails from 'Mrs. Barister' or some other widow about vast sums of cash just waiting to be given away for whatever reason. Also the lottery winning notifications. Just received one a few minutes ago telling me I'd won a million dollars from The Coca Cola company from a draw held by "Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco". It pains me that these exist simply because people are actually clicking on them or sending in their personal information. I wonder just who gets duped into these blatent pieces of fraud. I also wonder if these are actually written by people or just endlessly generated with substituted key fields. By the way, welcome to the world of blogging. It's nice to see more of you. I don't recall any interesting words, though I seldom read my spam anymore. I can usually pick them out as spam just by reading the title alone and they usually get shredded right after I've done that.

What I generally find amusing these days are the e-mails from 'Mrs. Barister' or some other widow about vast sums of cash just waiting to be given away for whatever reason. Also the lottery winning notifications. Just received one a few minutes ago telling me I'd won a million dollars from The Coca Cola company from a draw held by "Coca-Cola in conjunction with the British American Tobacco".

It pains me that these exist simply because people are actually clicking on them or sending in their personal information. I wonder just who gets duped into these blatent pieces of fraud.

I also wonder if these are actually written by people or just endlessly generated with substituted key fields.

By the way, welcome to the world of blogging. It's nice to see more of you.

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