[olug] Argh... SPAM

[Brandon Lederer]

Someone had mentioned one time about accenting SpamAssassin with an incoming 
spell checker.   anyone done this?





On Thursday 11 March 2004 02:19 pm, Tim - DZ wrote:
> I've actually started getting spam on my internet enable (PCS vision) cell
> phone.
>
> I mean, _of_course_ I would a supermodel-like body, and would love to
> achieve that figure in a matter of days by taking one convenient pill....
>
> ...but I'd just assume that it didn't interrupt my encryption class at UNO.
>
> :-)
>
> Besides spidering for valid addresses listed on the web somewhere, I think
> that sheer volume is starting to work....send email to millions of randomly
> generated names...if you happen to get a read receipt, out of office
> response, opt out reply, etc...put that address in the "spam more often"
> pile, and continue to generate more addresses to put in front of all the
> domains you pulled from whois or arin or whatever.
>
> -t
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Terry
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:56 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Argh... SPAM
>
> I don't get spam on my personal account.  I use yahoo
> for my mailing lists and I get spam there but their
> anti-spam tool(s) work rather well.  I guess if you
> don't publish your email address on the Internet or
> use it to buy anything, you won't get spam.  Anyone
> else have decent luck?
>
> --- Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 10 March 2004 18:50, Adam Lassek wrote:
> > > Is it just me or has spam become really obnoxious
> >
> > lately? I've been
> >
> > > training spamassassin regulary, but it never seems
> >
> > to do much good. Is
> >
> > > there anything more I can do to improve my
> >
> > filters, or are spammers just
> >
> > > too nefarious for SA?
> >
> > Yes, it has gotten worse recently.  The smart
> > spammers are catching up with
> > the filters, and the dumb ones are just sending more
> > messages.   We're
> > running SpamAssassin/MimeDefang for a 2000 user
> > server at work, and it's
> > become a real chore.   The mis-spellings, fragmented
> > html, and social
> > engineering (Your email account will be deleted if
> > you don't click here!)
> > have been especially bad in the last two weeks.
> > I've come to the conclusion that spammers are like
> > cockroaches,  impossible to
> > eradicate.  The best we can hope for is to keep them
> > out of the kitchen.
> >
> > Dave Thacker
> >
> >
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> =====
> Terry
>
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