Menorah O. Logician
Which I rather like, don't you?
--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Doug asked:
>
> Is this some ruse to trick spam filters? If so, it's
> not working very well. Otherwise, anyone know
> anything
> about this?
>
> ==============================
>
>
> It's a fairly trivial trick to create a script which
> assembles a name (or, more accurately a name-like
> string - i.e. Something T. Otherthing) from
> dictionary
> words and /or text randomly harvested from websites
> and so on.
>
> All variations on a theme of tunneling around,
> leaping
> over or blasting through spam filters.
>
> Not long ago, it was common for the name strings to
> be
> obviously salacious. Filters easily blocked this.
> Next, the tactic of choice became strings which
> replaced letters with numbers or other characters to
> form a word-esque formation that conveyed the
> titilating notion without actually spelling the
> easily
> filtered text.
>
> Improved filtering (and ever more wary users) foiled
> this.
>
> So now we have whimsy as a tactic. Names which seem
> somewhat pr0n-esque, but are simultaneously odd yet
> real enough (the spammers hope) to get past spam
> assasins.
>
> For the curious, here's a solid FAQ on spam -
> techniques and countermeasures.
>
> http://www.spamfaq.net/spamfighting.shtml
>
>
> DRM
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