SpamNet: Razor for the Masses

UCRowerG writes "From CNET News on Yahoo!: "Conceived by Napster co-founder Jordan Ritter and open-source developer Vipul Ved Prakash, the company is touting the benefits of democracy, networking and collaboration in the war against unscrupulous e-mail marketers." " Since Prakesh is responsible for Razor, hopefully there will be Linux support as well, but once again I gotta throw my props at Spamassassin which catches over a hundred spam for me each day.

Comments

I need my spam

[Hatechall]

Spam is the only mail I get...makes me feel part of something greater than I.

Re:I need my spam

[gentix]

And if you follow the instructions of every penis enlargement email you get, you'll soon really be part of something greater than you...

Alanis would love this.

[Bilestoad]

And the first thing the story about the spam-battling startup does is to load some popup advertising.

Wonderful.

Re:Alanis would love this.

[Dwonis]

Mozilla isn't a just browser, it's what XEmacs should have been.

Re:impaling....

[Alien54]

Spammers need to be impaled on long barbed spikes.

No, I long ago suggested spam licenses where we get to go out and give each spammer a bright orange flow in the dark permanent eartag, complete with animal tracking collar. Then we can heard them up and stampede them over a cliff or something.

Re:Two questions:

[SpacePunk]

It's a war!

Everything is a war!

War on Poverty!
War on Drugs!
War on Terrorism!
War on Spam!

TO ARMS! TO ARMS!
WAR DRAWS NIGH!

unsolicited [ commercial | bulk | junk ] email

[Martin Spamer]

This is unsolicited bulk/commercial/junk email, it is not Spam and these are not Spamer's, Spamer is a proper surname, my surname.

Now experience has told some will not believe this and think it's a troll so 1) check my posting history, I don't troll and 2) here is my entry in the UK online phone directory.

http://ukphonebook.lycos.co.uk/servlet/Search?sk in =lycos&type=residential&pagesize=10&name=Spamer&lo cation=Hull&initial1=&initial2=

Yes, my name really is Martin SPAMER;
Yes, it really p!$$ me off when people abuse my name;
Yes, it does cause me no end of grief;
Yes, I've heard all the wise cracks before;
No, I don't find them funny.
No, I refuse to be bullied into using an alias, how would you feel if I equated your name with thieving scumbags.

So if you wish to get on my bright side, do not use the term Spam or its derivatives use the term(s) unsolicited [ commercial | bulk | junk ] email.

thank you.

Martin Spamer

Re:unsolicited [ commercial | bulk | junk ] email

[pwagland]

by Martin Spamer (Martin_Spamer@NoSpAM.kitv.co.uk)...

So if you wish to get on my bright side, do not use the term Spam or its derivatives use the term(s) unsolicited [ commercial | bulk | junk ] email.

Look at the e-mail address and tell me I am not the only person to find this ironic.

Please?

:-)

Re:What I find strange

[grytpype]

Probably for the same reason they think you

• are heavily in debt
• have a miniscule penis
• are impotent
• have no job
• have no college diploma
• have no insurance
• need prepaid legal representation
• need to investigate/track down various people in your life

• In short, the spammers are advertising... to themselves!

Re:Plural

[dazed-n-confused]

Is the plural of "spam" really "spam"?

No, you have to repeat it.

E.g: "Spam, spam, spam, spam; spam, spam, spam, spam; lovely spam, wonderful spam..." (etc.)

(You really need the Vikings to appreciate this).