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Spam Archive opening FTP service December 4

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-would-you-save-this-crap dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "The FTP archives for spamarchive.org will be opening on December 4, according to this Wired article. But there already appear to be some archives available." I tried saving my spam for awhile just for giggles, but seeing that file grow to 100+ megs made me so angry I had to delete it. Currently getting ~200 spam every day, and now often they attach images so they are 100k+. Yay Internet!

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  1. Sigh by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the idea behind their site is nice, but I also think that more and more, people are realizing that the only way to really effectively block spam is to use whitelists -- no fancy schmancy algorithm is going to block spam for long.

    It's a shame, because I'm pretty sure that ceaseless, unrelenting, brutal torture of known spammers would be equally effective, but is unfortunately illegal.

    --
    evil adrian
    1. Re:Sigh by Jippy_ · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pick a word which will never be in a spam message

      A single word might not be enough. Maybe a few words might be best. Here are a few that for sure would never be in any spam message

      "Want a smaller penis?"
      "Gain 30 lbs NOW!"
      "Work from home and make mediocre cash!"
      "This is a pyramid scheme and you'd be a gullible fool for joining. Act now!"
      "Hi, I'm the Prince of Nigeria, and I'm trying to screw you out of all your money."

      Yeah, those should do it..

  2. Best of... by Shymon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe we'll get some of the more creative spamers to run a "best of spam" series. coming to a mailbox near you this holiday season.

    1. Re:Best of... by giminy · · Score: 5, Funny

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  3. How about subscriptions? by Zayin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they should just go ahead and provide a subscription email service. That way, people can get the spam right in their inbox, instead of having to download it through ftp.

    --
    "I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy"
  4. Spammers attack archives with copyright threats by Richard+W.M.+Jones · · Score: 5, Interesting
    As reported in Ask Slashdot (but it didn't make it to the front page), the Great Spam Archive (est. about 3 years ago) has just received a threat of legal action from a spammer over, of all things, copyright infringement.

    Rich.

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    libguestfs - tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images
  5. Re:just wondering by aallan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    who actually gets loads of spam every day? I get about 3 per day (3 too many!). You always hear about these poor suckers getting 200 or so a day, but how many of us actrually have to put up with that much stuff?

    According to my filter logs I'm currently getting between 100 and 150 spam messages a day, I'm currently using RBL and SpamAssassin to filter my inbox so I usually only see 2 or 3 a week out of this total. Its still annoying though,

    Just because you don't get any spam, doesn't mean everybody else isn't geting any...

    If I got that much, I'd just switch email accounts, cos I just wouldn't put up with it.

    Some people just don't have that option, you can't change your work email address, I know I certainly can't change mine...

    Al.
    --
    The Daily ACK - Eclectic posts by yet another hacker
  6. Allready been done by burts_here · · Score: 5, Funny
    They allredy did this once, its located at www.hotmail.com

    --
    Burt "Out of my mind back in 5 minutes"
  7. Re:Yay Internet ? by Cheese+Cracker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not the net's fault. Blame (or shoot) the spammer's.

    Well, some people ask for it by using their personal email account for signing up on sites, posting on usenet etc. Use an email account for these purposes, and the personal email account for friends and family. I don't receive any spam on my personal email account. :)

  8. Re:Yay Internet ? by LinuxHam · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some of us have been on Usenet since long before that meant we were "asking for it". That damage can't be undone.

    --
    Intelligent Life on Earth
  9. Re:just wondering by IamTheRealMike · · Score: 5, Informative

    Please please please setup Vipuls Razor - that we can all benefit from the spamminess of your account!

  10. Blame the Victim by fmaxwell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, some people ask for it by using their personal email account for signing up on sites, posting on usenet etc.

    Yeah, like those rape victims that were asking for it by wearing short skirts.

    Nobody 'asked for it'. Don't you even resent the fact that spammers have made it impossible to post on Usenet with a legitimate e-mail address? Doesn't it piss you off that you have to be paranoid if some less-computer-savvy friend tells some web site to mail an article to you or sends you an online greeting card? Don't you get annoyed that every e-mail address that you post, no matter for what reason, get spammed?

    Blame the criminals, not the victims.