WAY OT: Hidden messages in SPAM??

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

one trick i do is to auto send anything addressed to an email other than my
own or scirocco-l, to a junk mail box folder. many spam emails dont have the
correct info in the 'to' line. this does catch some other types of bulk mail
stuff (which you may want to receive), so thats why i send to a folder vs.
just delete them.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Calimus" <calimus@techography.net>
To: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: WAY OT: Hidden messages in SPAM??


> All the jumbled words are there to beat the spam filters.  Some Techie
> found that scrambeling up words could break up what the spam filters
> look for and get passed them.  So what did he do, wrote a damn paper
> about it and posted it to every Geek news source that he could.  So what
> did the spammers do, they started using the methode.
>
> I swear some things should just stay a seceret.  My spam intake has
> nearly trippled in the last 2 weeks since this came out and I'm trying
> to find a way to setup the filters to catch the new tactic without
> trashing legit e-mail as well.  At anyrate, thats what it's all about.
>
> William
>
> Jeff Toomasson wrote:
> >
> > I just got one of those Viagra spam emails, but then I noticed that in a
very faint pink color there are random words. Check it out below.
> >
> > Anyone know what this crap means?  I mean, if it was some coded message,
I imagine they would be a little smarter about it...
> >
> > But seriously, what an avenue to communicate in a way that's virtually
assured of being ignored. 99.9% of the world detests SPAM (including me).
> >
> > JT
> >
>
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