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Message-ID: <41ACBAE6.70407@sbcglobal.net>
From: chromazine at sbcglobal.net (Steve Kudlak)
Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Cafe_OA] *OT* Leave the bots alone]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [Cafe_OA] *OT* Leave the bots alone
Date: 	Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:59:22 -0800
From: 	Steve Kudlak <chromazine@...global.net>
Reply-To: 	Cafe_OA@...oogroups.com
To: 	Cafe_OA@...oogroups.com
CC: 	steve.kudlak@...zrights.org
References: 	<cogdnj+rrno@...oups.com> <41ABDF00.5060901@....com.au>

Brett Kinsella wrote:

>capcartoonist wrote:
>  
>
>>*spammy snippage*
>>
>>I save hundreds of dollars a month because I don't take advice from
>>jackoffs like you.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>While insulting the spambots is momentarily satisfying, it's pissing 
>into the wind. Damn things are So:0
>
>That said, I can't help but notice that Yahoo's once nigh impenetrable 
>Bayesian filtering isn't what it used to be. Do you think the spammers 
>are getting smarter or is Yahoo just getting slack?
>  
>
People are getting better at writing spam as oif it were a personal 
message and
that is hard to deal with. For example I might write a message like:

Well I rather like Coast Commercial Bank they have great personal 
service and
I have actually saved money because they gave me good advice. I might 
even as
a short reply say:  "Coast Commercials Rates are The Best!"  Although me 
being
me would usually go on that they seem to treat lots of people as if they 
had at least
$100,000.00US on deposit with them.

So I could see how it would be hard to filter these messages. As a test 
I sent this to
my other identity steve.kudlak@...zrights.org to see if it gets through 
our filter, although
I probably should send it where someone else other that "Steve Kudlak" 
is the message
sender. Oh well, I'll have to create a fake account somewhere for testing...

But I think that is the way Spam is going. They will make it seem like 
when you send
email to your friend telling him or her you are having financial trouble 
this month and need
a few bucks. I know the Nigerian scamsters actually are often people 
with real writing
skills, and these scams attracts bright and literate types to be the 
scammers.

So even though there is no secret cartel called  "Intellispam"  I can 
see it headed in
that direction. Speaking of that there is this guy who published a book 
who calls
himself "Spammer X" and they interviewed him on this local radio program 
here
called "Geekspeak" on radio station KUSP. I sort of doubted the bona 
fides of
Spammer X and think he was pretty much a scammer who knew a few technical
terms .and pretty much put one over on the publishers. I was going to 
call him on it
but having done radiio I took pity on the show's hosts. Having callers 
insult and/or
threaten guests is a real pain to deal with when doing a radio show.

Have Fun,
Sends Steve

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