[TriLUG] OT: non-sense spam

[Mike Johnson]

Mike Mueller [linux-support at earthlink.net] wrote:

> Is this encryption of some sort?  Sending out an encrypted message broken 
> into several emails and sending copies out like spam, then it becomes harder 
> to know who the intended target is and what the order of the messages is 
> supposed to be.  Sending like a spammer also makes it harder to know who the 
> sender is.

My guess is that these are an attempt to screw with Bayesian filters.
These get loaded as spam, and then the filters are loaded with just
random crap.  They'll eventually not recognize true spam.

Some random thoughts, on random spam...

Mike
-- 
"If life hands you lemons, YOU BLOW THOSE LEMONS TO BITS WITH 
 YOUR LASER CANNONS!" -- Brak

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