----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Beland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] (no subject)
> On Tuesday 03 June 2003 08:40 pm, Ryan Bingham wrote: > > Didn't this (and all the subsequent flames) just happen? Like several > > times already in the recent past?? > > > > Anyone ever see Groundhog Day? I'm startin to get wigged out... > > Yeah, but these guys aren't as funny as Bill Murray. > > One other thing to note - virtually all of the people emailing the list and > complaining are sending email without subjects. Now, it's been a while since > I used Outlook or Little Outlook, but I seem to recall they both complain > when you try to do that. Not only that, but in my experience, even people who > aren't used to email quickly grasp the objective of the Subject line and use > it. So now we have a variety of people who all > > 1. Don't like SpamAssassin > > 2. Use Outlook or Little Outlook (not very distinguishing, granted) > > 3. Don't use subject lines > > 4. Did enough research to find the mailing list, but not enough (apparently) > to see what the list is for. > > Does anyone else think this is an odd series of coincidences? Or have I > watched too many conspiracy movies lately? > What I found really odd was that I mentioned a rule in this list to handle some spam that was getting through 1 per day then the next day I got the same general sort of spam but changed so that it was not detected by my rule. Spooky Eh ? It seems clear to me that spammers are using an increasing number of techniques to circumvent spam checking, all ultimately doomed of course. I Imagine they must check their spam against SA and others. Therefore it is logical to conclude that a good number of the lurkers in this list are spammers. As they see there inevitable demise no doubt they feel the urge to bait the list. Troll is too good a word for these people, we need some new jargon to refer to a trolling spammer, suggestions? Stuart Gall Systems Administrator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Critical Error: REALITY.SYS Corrupted! Reboot universe? (y/n) [y]: ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
