March 24, 2004

Amazing New Drug!

The best part about spam is that they're becoming a little more creative. Personally, I'm starting to enjoy reading through them. I'm either very bored or just too curious for my own good. Or maybe one of the sinus infections ate its way through to my brain.

  • Subject line: Anvil bong gangway ankle injunct

  • Celebrity Spam: Penelope Cruz welcomes me to my new home. (Here I was, thinking she finally gave up Tom for me.)

  • Subject line: sam affectate gymnasium assort illinois breakfast aerial ike curvaceous auburn scutum byronic cz growl bourgeoisie councilmen obstetric eratosthenes compressible charlotte aileron psaltery rowley ieee (Channeling Howard Dean, are we?) daly syncopate fluctuate

  • Subject line: pencil dick? nope. Actual contents of e-mail: Drop the HAMMER on the next bitch you Nail....

  • Introduction to full contents: jingle hover bugaboo connive debate functionary fir thug length burnham ltv tulip promise wilshire morocco viscount colorate salt radiotelegraph penn hepburn bird

  • saddlebag binomial colander dogma bombast alden consequential procedure shylock jigging capricious embryonic equidistant thomistic mix mechanic silkworm stockbroker mindful create admix serve wide piety chastise cough buried canberra prosecution historiography

Just to let you know, all my e-mails will now be signed with a name gleaned from Spam.

Sincerely,

Microscope J. Thirteenth

Posted by DaGoddess at March 24, 2004 04:49 PM
Comments

Sorry to be the nerd here, but I can't help myself. The reason spammers put those random strings of words in emails is to throw off spam filters that use statistical analysis to deturmine if it is spam or not.

Incidently, SpamBayes (http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/) is a GREAT spam filter for Outlook, if you're interested. Do read the instructions, they'll make all clear.

Posted by: Marc at March 24, 2004 07:11 PM

I always get ones trying to sell me Valium, Viagra or animal sex movies. I hate spammers.

Posted by: Brent at March 24, 2004 07:30 PM

beep...beep...beep...bedooop.

Posted by: rankin' rob at March 24, 2004 07:48 PM

Hey, could you forward that "DROP THE HAMMER" email to me if you still have it? For the sake of scientific curiosity of course. :)

Posted by: David Kilpatrick at March 24, 2004 08:15 PM

I think Saddlbag Binomial would be a good name for a band...

On the other front...Sylvia Plath????? Hmmmm...and I thought you were normal...LOL ( she was a great poet)...

Posted by: PJ at March 24, 2004 09:59 PM

Inkabobulous! ( What the hell TV commercial WAS that? Clever marketing!)

Posted by: MaryAnn at March 24, 2004 11:20 PM

I have also heard good things about Spam Bayes and I downloaded it but have yet to install it.

Posted by: sugarmama at March 25, 2004 01:36 PM

I use POPfile (also from Sourceforge) and it's done a great job of filtering out the junk. I keep it all in a "possible spam" folder, though, because I must glean any clever bits before deleting the stuff!

Posted by: gw at March 26, 2004 02:06 AM