>>> On 12/1/2006 at 7:01 AM, Justin Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Guys -- vague hints as to the contents of the mail really don't help.
 
> 
> It's spam -- we're all getting thousands of spams a day, most of us
(ok, I
> for one at least) seem to be finding those going into the spam bins
> without our help, and I'd say it's unlikely that many of us (ok, me
> again ;) are going to go rooting through the trash there looking for
> something that seems to match what you're hinting at.
> 
> Why not just post a spample, or a link to one?
> 
> --j.
> 
> Joe Zitnik writes:
>> >>> On 12/1/2006 at 5:22 AM, John Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> On Friday 01 December 2006 00:29, Loren Wilton wrote:
>> >  guess you're just lucky.  I just went through the last month's
spam
>> and I
>> > can't find anything with a subject about credit ratings.  
>> 
>> Oh, no, I didn't mean to suggest it was in the subject.  
>> 
>> Its usually some random subject.  Then a paragraph starting with
"your
>> credit 
>> rating doesn't matter to us" with the usual misspellings, etc,
followed
>> by 
>> (usually) a geocities link and some random text at the end.
>> 
>> -- 
>> _____________________________________
>> John Andersen
>> 
>> 
>> I was wondering the same thing.  Even given the random text, I
would
>> think between the default rules, and the fact that I've dumped a
bunch
>> in to bayes, that the spammy content would be enough to nail them
for
>> sure.  I'm still seeing a significant number skate by.


It wasn't really a vague hint, or rather, if you're receiving them, you
know exactly the spam he's talking about.  I wasn't asking for a
solution, I was just commenting on the fact that, like John, I was
surprised these spams would make it through.  At least that's why I
didn't post the contents or a link to the contents.

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