Sephiroth Posted January 19, 2004 spam has gotten worse these days, but i would rather deal with it over spyware. i just turn html off in email setting (as well as automatic downloads) however there are new ones that make absolutly no sence at all. example augustus ashmolean titmouse augusta collapsible maneuver apple raj childbirth sting cauldron instinct effectual sustenance polar pin apparatus thats the message, among the html code that is. i mean WTF is this shit, anyways i bet many of you have been getting this too. if not check the html code for it. this is rather funny in that confuseing sort of way. i just really noticed this last night, however messages like this started appearing in my inbox over a month ago 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted January 19, 2004 I've seen them before, too. I'm guessing that it's their way of getting through your email filters. They also use fake HTML codes between random letters. 0 Share this post Link to post
Reisal Posted January 19, 2004 That's spammers attempts to confuse Bayiesian filters. And for god's sake, use an alternate client instead of Outlook! 0 Share this post Link to post
Arioch Posted January 19, 2004 Mr. Chris said:That's spammers attempts to confuse Bayiesian filters. And for god's sake, use an alternate client instead of Outlook! Outlook is the best. Bayesian filtering doesn't do jack shit against stuff like this, by the way. Spamassassin does a half decent job, but I've got a write-up about how Spamassassin and Bayes, if used in conjunction, can fuck itself right over and let every single piece of spam through ever, just because Bayes is letting through the random crap. I'll put that up some time. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted January 19, 2004 Maybe you could actually have one of those implemented on Telefragged's mail servers :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Sephiroth Posted January 19, 2004 Mr. Chris said:That's spammers attempts to confuse Bayiesian filters. And for god's sake, use an alternate client instead of Outlook! dont use out look Kmail hate out look use mozilla in windows. main current email gets no spam. but my old one is the cursed email address. inafact i think i will just delete it fromt he email program sence i dont use it 0 Share this post Link to post
Arioch Posted January 19, 2004 Bloodshedder said:Maybe you could actually have one of those implemented on Telefragged's mail servers :P Marv's redoing the mail servers soon, I'm talking to him about it. 0 Share this post Link to post
alexz721 Posted January 19, 2004 The funniest spam I've gotten was one whose subject line was, "Guard Your Computer From Your Wife." It's for a product called Evidence Eliminator. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sephiroth Posted January 19, 2004 alexz721 said:The funniest spam I've gotten was one whose subject line was, "Guard Your Computer From Your Wife." It's for a product called Evidence Eliminator. no best i have gotten "Keep your shame private! 9 out of 10 catholic preist recomend it!" was for a similar evidence removale program. but all i read was the title before it was send to email hell 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted January 19, 2004 The absolute strangest spam I've ever gotten asked me "Dear News, you realy like lovely smallboys ?" I won't bother with the rest of the message body... 0 Share this post Link to post
-Jk- Posted January 19, 2004 lol those are funnee. I never get any of that kinda stuff. Only the regular crap. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted January 19, 2004 I never get any spam. A winner is me. 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted January 19, 2004 Bloodshedder said:The absolute strangest spam I've ever gotten asked me "Dear News, you realy like lovely smallboys ?" I won't bother with the rest of the message body... ugh, sorry about that one, it was supposed to say mewse... damn typos. speaking of which, please PM me mewse if you need any more of this stuff, it's too hot for me to keep around here forever. 0 Share this post Link to post
Shaviro Posted January 19, 2004 Sephiroth said:"Keep your shame private! 9 out of 10 catholic preist recomend it!" Leave the small boys alone, dammit! 0 Share this post Link to post
Sephiroth Posted January 19, 2004 i thought this random crap was out lawed, ahh i wish i knew how these bastards worked this stuff so i could get 'em back. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted January 19, 2004 I used to regularly get "Your dick as big as a baseball bat" As a message title that was supposed to entice me. I'm sure most of you have had that one at some point. I have, my wife has, my daughter has (thanks spammers). My question is this: Other than making a fortune as a freak in a side show, and if we all took up the option - then I wouldn't actually be a freak - why would I want it? What good would it do me? I can't see it making my life easier - quite the contrary. Imagine having that huge thing tucked down my trouser leg. Walking would be difficult enough under normal conditions. What if I got "excited"? I'd be incapacitated and may even pass out due to lack of blood going to my brain. It'd probably mean me losing my job in a school (which I quite like). Actually doing the wild thing would probably become nearly impossible. Finally, I certainly don't plan on using my knob to hit home runs (if that's what you are supposed to do in baseball) so why would I want it as big as a baseball bat? Nowadays, spammers seem to be a lot more subtle. They are sending messages with titles like "Re:Fw:Fw:" to make you think it's a message forwarded to you by a friend (and presumably to not be caught by filters) so if you are daft enough, you open it "just in case" and presumably get treated to a porn pic and link, and maybe a virus or something to reconfigure your browser or dial-up settings. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted January 19, 2004 I preferred the days when .sex domains were revolutionizing the lives of men, women, and children around the world. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mogul Posted January 20, 2004 My brother got spam once that was entitled - Disgusting Farm Sluts I laughed hard, for a long time about this. That is simply the funniest attempt at trying to lure me into porn that I've ever seen. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sephiroth Posted January 20, 2004 back in my win98 days and when i had html allowed in outlook. the message i got said "Are you a baseball fan?" in side was a animated gif file of a woman with a ball bat in her pussy. i also use to see "young farm sluts" and "watch me slid this hoarses cock in my mouth" my god! these people are twisted. 0 Share this post Link to post
EarthQuake Posted January 20, 2004 I have never received spam in all my life. Well, except from these god damned forums... *EarthQuake opens outlook express* "There are 57 new emails since your last visit." *EarthQuake looks through them* "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" "Nobody - Doomworld Forums Topic Subscription" ... You get the point. And there's no way to turn it off :( 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted January 20, 2004 EarthQuake said:You get the point. And there's no way to turn it off :( Um...yes there is. Look in your profile options or something. 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted January 20, 2004 i leave it on to look at responses to threads i've posted in but i had to block the email address to avoid the spam. 0 Share this post Link to post
Stealthy Ivan Posted January 20, 2004 I wish I had a dollar for every e-mail I get that try's to make my penis bigger...!? F*#k spam...! 0 Share this post Link to post
Mordeth Posted January 20, 2004 Arioch said: Marv's redoing the mail servers soon, I'm talking to him about it. Please please please install a spamfilter there. 0 Share this post Link to post
Tobester Posted January 20, 2004 I noticed that in the last week ive gotten a LOT of spam at my @aol email address. Actually, all I get at that address is spam, since I've never bothered to find out what that email address is to give out to people. I blame aol for spamming their own customers. Fucking reamed. ugh. 0 Share this post Link to post
Piece_O_Mind Posted January 20, 2004 Tobester said:I blame aol for spamming their own customers.Well, seeing as how the world spams AOL with nitwit users, I guess it's only fair that AOL spams back :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Tobester Posted January 20, 2004 Piece_O_Mind said:Well, seeing as how the world spams AOL with nitwit users, I guess it's only fair that AOL spams back :P Aol spams the world with nitwit users, not vice versa :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Arioch Posted January 20, 2004 Tobester said:Aol spams the world with nitwit users, not vice versa :P And the world spams AOL's nitwit users right back! :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Tobester Posted January 20, 2004 Arioch said:And the world spams AOL's nitwit users right back! :) You win this time, Trebek... 0 Share this post Link to post