AnOther Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I don't get an awful lot of spam, Yahoo mail seems to be quite good at blocking most of it and the odd ones which it's uncertain about and lets through automatically go into a special spam folder however I digress.Virtually all those which do get through are from ridiculous named senders and have ridiculous subjects, for instance, the last one I received was from:crg kolari with a subject verubtetNow surely anybody even marginally in control of their faculties is going to instantly delete such a message so just what is the point ?If a message came from a feasible name with a feasible subject then at least a few numpties might be tempted to open it but crg kolari / verubtet, I ask you [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 That was from me. It is a perfectly good Western Icelandic name if you dont mind and I am an Icelander originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 They do not have one or two. The names are generated form an algorithm which takes exisitng thread titles and changes them so they still may read as possibly understandable words. If woolybabnana can recall what an Allthing is without recourse to the internet I may be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Althing is easy! (Only one 'l' by the way)The point is that a sufficient number of weak minded slack-jawed credulous morons ANSWER these emails in an attempt to get a bigger wossname or a - well, you get the idea - to make it worth the bother of sending them out. People do actually buy hooky drugs and quack remedies, or invest to make a fortune for fourpence. Just as people are still taken in by the 419 scammers and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 To be honest, I am uttlerley sick to the guts of these perverts every day, sending me unwanted e mail intended for men mostly. I have blocking but they know a way around it. They just use the same words, including just putting digits in between the sick words they use. What a sad world it is.[+o(]Georgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 Oh all right, I'll stop then [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Sorry about Allthing Dick . Only learnt about 100 words nearly 50 years ago.Sorry about the sub humans Georgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Thanks Anton, yeah really I have to tread through a quagmire of filth before I can read my emails.Georgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Have you thought of either Yahoo or Gmail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Mine just get caught in the spam filters - though there have been far fewer of late since that scumbag went to jail in Texas. I certainly don't read them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Gmail is fantastic for not allowing any spam at all. I don't even have any filters set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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