Ever since I switched to Outlook 2003 I’ve benefitted from a 90% drop in Spam. At least 90%. Might be more but I’m unwilling to do the math. What I do know is that the Junk Mail filter has done a great job with cutting out the stuffs – and I’m not even as bothered by Spam as most people seem to be. True, I do get over 400 messages across a dozen mailboxes that are Spammish in nature each day, but I’d rather get virtual types of ads than getting a dozen phone calls or real junk mail. The funny thing is the Spam that does get through the filter:
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OK. Where’s the Spam? No images, no ActiveX controls, no attachments, no forwarding emails, no worms, no porn or pr0n, no sales pitches, no concern about the length of my penis or the size of my breasts. Just a bunch of random characters and words that will slip past Outlook’s spam filter and get into my Inbox… so what does it accomplish, exactly? Who is helped, promoted, medicated, advertised, bought, sold or auctioned? Beats the shit outta me – it’s a new low, having completely useless Spam that doesn’t even pitch a product, idea, or service.
I guess there’s some truth in that “no meat” in Spam after all.
Could be steganography – a message hidden within the message.
Got me. I mean if I get spam can usually at least count on a free porn shot or something. This almost looks like a poor-mans encryption.
I’d wager a guess that these messages are supposed to help to add noise to spam filters and make it harder for them to work because of their tainted spam wordlists.
OO now THAT is the best theory I’ve heard for spam like that… that would be a whole new wave of attack to protect against!
Simply a spammer testing out a open relay