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| The sink trap | |
| 2004-03-26 | |
Last night Rafael suggested
I was pretty tired at the time, so I grumbled something, then put on my nightshirt and sleepy cap, grabbed my candle, and stumbled up the stairs to my trundle bed. By the time Rosy Fingered Dawn came nipping by, I'd reconsidered, somewhat. Because of the way I do it, deleted SPAM posts are simply overwritten. But it was pretty easy to build a mechanism to hold those that don't get through. I have no idea why anybody'd want to read SPAM, but who am I to account for other people's tastes? | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #18 They've got two lawsuits pending, one against Earthlink, for failing to filter some pretty harmful crap from being sent from a guy on their site Hope they nail 'em. Same guy with the Earthlink account tried a doing that to a couple of my email accounts. Wish I'd saved the addy. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-03-26 7:40:51 PM |
| #17 Would you like some of mine? |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-03-26 6:16:29 PM |
| #16 I got them too, though I don't know where they came from, since I use Steve's Hotmail method. Interesting. But I've never gotten any Nigerian spam. I feel left out. :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-03-26 6:11:12 PM |
| #15 Just today I got spam purporting to be from some big shot in Côte d'Ivoire. Same old tricks. I hit the "Spam" button and that was the end of the message. |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-03-26 3:17:58 PM |
| #14 I've been getting alot of those lately,Bulldog. I knew they were bogus cause I haven't sent an e-mail in awhile now.Also have been getting a lot of pdf/zip,etc attachments with virus.Soon as I see the they are dumped. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-03-26 2:29:24 PM |
| #13 I got several of those, the usual Nigerian/Zimbabwean/South African/etc bullcrap, plus a half-dozen other assorted pieces of filth. Today there was a new one - one supposedly from the Bush/Cheney camp. Pure Dummycrap propaganda, poorly written, and supposedly George Bush's "resume". ANYTHING with an executable gets sent to a special file I save every couple of days and hand-carry over to my provider. They've got two lawsuits pending, one against Earthlink, for failing to filter some pretty harmful crap from being sent from a guy on their site. With the new anti-spam laws, I think I'll start saving all my trash, and send it to the guys supposedly handling this stuff. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-03-26 2:15:18 PM |
| #12 I've gotten a few spam emails from LLLs since I've been posting comments on blogs. It'a nice to know what the enemy is thinking (if anything). |
| Posted by: Unmutual 2004-03-26 1:58:55 PM |
| #11 I wouldn't notice any particular piece of spam. I've gotten 2600+ in the last five days. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-03-26 12:50:15 PM |
| #10 y'know, I love you guys, even if you won't give me any Bud Lite. But even with an email account created just to catch & filter spam I'd be AFRAID of what would come in if I posted my email address here (not that I comment all that often.) Hmmmm, I wonder if the folks at Chomsky's site posted their email addresses when commenting....harvesting anyone? ;) |
| Posted by: TiltingWindmill 2004-03-26 12:43:19 PM |
| #9 Heh, Fred I didn't mean for you to have sleepless nights over this. But I like the idea. The sinktrap is like a psychiatric hospital (with no offense to those in psychiatric hospitals intended)... come see what arrived in the insane department today!!! How long before they get out? Prolly never. Some days I feel I belong there too. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-03-26 12:17:13 PM |
| #8 Bulldog, I received some with Rantburg in the address last month when that virus first surfaced. The network at my office got hammered for a couple of days. |
| Posted by: jn1 2004-03-26 12:14:53 PM |
| #7 Yep, i got spammed as well. |
| Posted by: Evert Visser in NL 2004-03-26 12:10:08 PM |
| #6 The best email address is Mojo's: nobody@home.com |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-03-26 11:39:54 AM |
| #5 I got a tender missive from Mme. Mobutu asking for my financial assitance. Non "Madame" you will not steal my dough. |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-03-26 11:32:04 AM |
| #4 I use a special Hotmail account here, and any other site that requires a e-mail address, just for that reason. It acts as a spam sump and unless I recognize the sender, I just dump the whole mess without reading any of it. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-03-26 11:31:26 AM |
| #3 Just checked my email, Bulldog. I'm terribly disappointed...no spam from michaelmoore.com, tomridge.com, or georgegalloway.com. I have won several lotteries however, and poor beleaguered Madame Abacha has an offer I can't refuse... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-03-26 11:25:27 AM |
| #2 homelandsecurity@michaelmoore.com Yikes! Funny Spam Virus.... now that's dangerous. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-26 11:14:36 AM |
| #1 Probably OT, but has anyone else who's made their email addresses available on Rantburg received delivery failure notices for emails containing virus attachments? I've had a few in the last week or so, including a couple from homelandsecurity@michaelmoore.com. Obviously, I haven't been sending these! |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-03-26 11:12:12 AM |