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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:23 PM
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Why do I get e-mails like this?
Does anyone EVER actually reply or buy anything from these gahddam spammers?
I must get 20-30 a day.
:argh:


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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 03:27 PM
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1. Spam filter eluders
It's a new trend in spam. Some spam filters "rate" mail by the word count vs. a list of banned words. They fill the email with gibberish to get their non-banned word count up.

It worked for about two days.
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