[Spambayes] Is this a sign of future problems ?

[Chuck Lewis]

Hi folks,

 

Got this from a friend that runs another mailing list:

 

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Interesting trend ... Garbage spam

I've noticed an interesting trend recently ... a lot of the 'spam' I'm 

receiving lately is totally garbage.  No content whatsoever ... not even 

hidden in HTML.

 

Here's an example ...

 

> Subject: Re: AMUKZGO, was beyond even

> From: "Oliver" <tdjrryefyyy at canada.com>

> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:44:46 +0600

> To: midrange-jobs at midrange.com, midrange-l-admin at midrange.com,

> midrange-l-owner at midrange.com, midrange-l-request at midrange.com, 

> midrange-l-sub at midrange.com, midrange-l-unsub at midrange.com

> 

> 

> papaw bedimmed prophetic cocky

> farfetched conceive auction ergodic robbin lullaby omaha 

> manslaughter pea celanese florentine assure depressible bowl cannel ewe
gertrude 

 

The only reason I can think of is that the spammers are trying to poison 

the Baysian statistics that are being gathered, so more of the 

legitimate spam will be let through.

 

David

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So is he on to something here ? This sounds plausible from my admittedly
limited understanding of these tools.

 

Thought/Comments ?

 

Chuck

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