Ham or Spam? (was RE: [Spambayes] RE: Central Limit Theorem??!! :))

[Tim Peters]

[Guido]
> I grepped the spam collection for bluegoose.kennels.  It occurs a
> *lot*,

Same here, of course.

> so I guess it was one of Bruce's bait addresses.

Or it's a legitimate address Bruce happened to capture by mistake:  it's not
surprising that a legit address also gets lots of spam.

> I've received lots of spams that try to look like legitimate
> newsletters for some specialty topic.

Have you ever gotten a spam mentioning an ESPN dog show?  A chatty spam
about fishing?  I have not.  "Newsletters" about stocks and health issues,
yes, endless quantities of both, and they all try to sell me something on
the spot; but not about "outdoor life manly man" topics, and not that never
get around to trying to part me from a slice of my wallet.  The URLs in both
of those putative spam are still in business too.

This nails it for me:

    http://www.bfsmedia.com/experience.php3

list Bluegoose Kennels as one of their clients.  The central limit scheme
knows more about spam than we do <wink>.