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CJ01
01-26-2004, 04:31 AM
I keep

getting fuke mail from loads of dyslexic tossers example
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EIDE devvicces aare identiffied as hda, hddbb, hdc, aand hdd in tthe /devv

directory.. Paartiittions on theese disks ccann range from 11 to 16 and aare aalsso iin thhee /devv direcctory..

Foor exammplee,, /dev//hda4 refers to ppartition 4 onn hard disk a (firsst EIDE hard disk)...

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/></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> At least not all is about porn or penis enlargement but it´s just as

annoying. Anyone else have to put up with this junk?

Kari
01-26-2004, 12:09 PM
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I keep getting fuke mail from loads of dyslexic

tossers example
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EIDE devvicces aare identiffied

as hda, hddbb, hdc, aand hdd in tthe /devv directory.. Paartiittions on theese disks ccann range from 11 to 16 and

aare aalsso iin thhee /devv direcctory.. Foor exammplee,, /dev//hda4 refers to ppartition 4 onn hard disk a (firsst

EIDE hard disk)...

<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> At least not all is about porn or penis

enlargement but it´s just as annoying. Anyone else have to put up with this junk?

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Looks like somebody\' drunk and leaning on his keyboard.

Johnny_Phero
01-26-2004, 12:17 PM
I get that sorta sh*t on my cell phone as spam emails.....at least 7-8/day

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Most of them are complete gibberish....almost seem like random

meta tags.

oscar
01-26-2004, 01:47 PM
CJ,

When the emails are at least comprehensible, but with repeated misspellings of certain key words (especially

in the subject line), I\'ve always assumed that this was some strategy to get through spam filters.

I don\'t

really know how these things work, but I\'d assume that there are certain \"red-flagged\" words, which when

misspelled, don\'t raise the flags.
Can\'t account for the ones that are total gibberish though.

Oscar

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Mtnjim
01-26-2004, 01:47 PM
Looks

like someone has a soda soaked keyboard (sticking keys) and has a wrong address in responding to a technical

question regarding hard drives.
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PS-They wre talking \"UNIX\"

abductor
01-26-2004, 02:10 PM
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Looks like someone has a soda soaked keyboard

(sticking keys) and has a wrong address in responding to a technical question regarding hard drives.


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PS-They wre

talking \"UNIX\"

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Yes.. They talking about Unix File system

partition..

abductor
01-26-2004, 02:10 PM
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PS-They wre talking \"UNIX\"

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True .. They talking about Unix File system partition..

CJ01
01-26-2004, 02:31 PM
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CJ,

When the emails are at least comprehensible,

but with repeated misspellings of certain key words (especially in the subject line), I\'ve always assumed that

this was some strategy to get through spam filters.

I don\'t really know how these things work, but I\'d

assume that there are certain \"red-flagged\" words, which when misspelled, don\'t raise the flags.
Can\'t

account for the ones that are total gibberish though.



<hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> oscar that

makes sense actually. But it´s even more annoying than other junk mail. Those people must be really DUMB to

believe that someone will be impressed to such crap and respond!

Friendly1
01-26-2004, 07:34 PM
There are two kinds of spammers: those who pay the other kind to deliver their unwanted emails, and those who make

money delivering unwanted emails.

CptKipling
01-27-2004, 10:36 AM
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There are two kinds of spammers: those who pay the

other kind to deliver their unwanted emails, and those who make money delivering unwanted emails.


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What puzzles me is how the first kind can be making money out of it.

franki
01-27-2004, 10:38 AM
You

would be amazed how much money is made in the whole \"spam business\". What puzzles me is that there are still

people who \"fall\" for it..

CptKipling
01-27-2004, 10:47 AM
I

remember hearing that the powers that be were thinking of creating a small charge for every email sent, small enough

not to bother the average user but still enough to sting the spammers.

Has anyone else heard this? Or was I just

dreaming...

franki
01-27-2004, 10:51 AM
I

read about that. It puzzles me that Bill Gates thinks he could ever control the internet in that way..

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CptKipling
01-27-2004, 10:59 AM
Yeah that thought just occured to me as I wrote that post.

But I think I would prefer it to the spam thats

clogging up all of my accounts, as long as the money went somewhere sensible.

Gossamer_2701
01-27-2004, 11:32 AM
I\'m not sure of the details, but it was written into a bill thats supposed to go before congress

this spring... It is something similar to the national no-call list, only with spam. Once you register your email

address with it, just report the spammer and they will recieve some sort of fine or something

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif... I hate spammers

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Who knows if they could ever make something like that work.... but

it wouldn\'t really be trying to control the internet, just protecting those that don\'t want to receive

unwanted garbage.

Goss

franki
01-27-2004, 11:33 AM
That\'s something different I believe..

Gossamer_2701
01-27-2004, 11:48 AM
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That\'s something different I

believe..



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You\'re right... sorry about that. I missed the

part about the small charge to send emails. I still hope they can pass something like a \'no-spam\'

list. I get enough spam to piss me off, but I\'m sure it\'s not even a fraction of what most people have to deal

with.

Goss

belgareth
01-27-2004, 01:11 PM
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I\'m not sure of the details, but it was written

into a bill thats supposed to go before congress this spring... It is something similar to the national no-call

list, only with spam. Once you register your email address with it, just report the spammer and they will recieve

some sort of fine or something /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif... I hate spammers

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Who knows if they could ever make something like that work.... but

it wouldn\'t really be trying to control the internet, just protecting those that don\'t want to receive

unwanted garbage.

Goss

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If it works as well as the no cal

list, the spam problem should triple.

bjf
01-27-2004, 03:28 PM
I\'ve

only made a purchse because of SPAM once......and it was APC. That\'s how I heard about mones. The order

didn\'t go through, and in an internet search for APC, I found LS.

Friendly1
01-27-2004, 06:42 PM
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There are two kinds of spammers: those who pay the other kind to deliver

their unwanted emails, and those who make money delivering unwanted emails.


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What puzzles me is how the first kind can be making money out of it.

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They don\'t.