On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 11:02:35PM -0700, Jeremy Zawodny wrote: | On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 01:46:14AM -0400, Duncan Findlay wrote: | > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:49:34PM -0700, Matthew Cline wrote: | > | > > Just got some spam with the subject "Approved for $5000...For | > > $user only....", and in the body "Your approval is finally here | > > $user" | > > | > > "$user". Boy, it makes me feel so special, how they pernsolize | > > the message with my name and all... | > > | > | > Eww... Perl (mis)used for evil. I thought spammers were generally of | > the VB/VC++/Win32 crowd. | | Well, it *could* have been PHP. :-)
Or it could have been some pre-made VB package the spammer got from somewhere with a (sh/perl/php)-style templating system and the spammer just got it all wrong. Who knows. -D -- There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him : haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers. Proverbs 6:16-19 GnuPG key : http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/public_key.gpg
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