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#121003 01/23/04 08:24 PM
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Subject line:

fat is known as unpretty iliad


#121004 01/23/04 08:38 PM
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well, I don't know jes' how poetic, but:

bestubble flung
and
gnome histochemic colloquy fiasco insecticide

and I thought there might be a double dactyl in here somewhere...
eyesight demijohn showpiece elmira jacobian



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#121005 01/26/04 06:21 PM
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gotta couple of good ones today:

bater diffractometer deductible furbish
and even better:
diehard flexure amidst incompetent aztecan





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#121006 01/26/04 06:27 PM
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etaoin-- You know that these texts are being generated to fool any spam filters you may have in place?


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yeah, I do, jheem. I go through my SPAM box(on my webmail) to find these, though the last couple snuck through...




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#121008 01/27/04 01:58 AM
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Okay--I now realize I need an explanation. I thought the opening post was an invitation to make stuff up. These are things actually sent via e-mail? Why, please, and what do spam filters have to do with it?


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Jackie, the latest SPAM rage uses random subject lines, in an effort to sneak past your spam filters. Fald found them poetic, or at least one of them. my email provider stops most of my spam at the server, so it never gets to my inbox, but I can check it online to see if I'm not missing any legitimate mail. some of the names of the "people" sending this spam are pretty interesting, too. I did have to check one that was from "Shona." sadly, it was not to be...



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#121010 01/27/04 11:47 AM
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some of the names of the "people"

If you haven't been fortunate enough to get some of these, they have names like 'Dispute K. Invalidate.'


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So, spam filters are designed to reject certain words, say maybe, 'buy', and 'offer'?


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> 'buy', and 'offer'?

that, and 'penis enlargement'


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