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A Timeline Of Spam And Antispam
Haak writes "American Scientist has a fine article by Brian Hayes summing up the history of spam and proposed measures to deal with it." A shorter article along the same lines is running at The Economist.
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Beef, the anti-spam.
"Derp de derp."
But..But ..my delete key wore out
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
I'm gonna need all that money from Nigeria to afford the necessary penis enlargement and credit rating accentuation!
Examined from the inside, the world of spam has created its own perverse little self-sustaining ecosystem.
*scotty voice*
Captain, the spam/antispam reactor is gon ta blow!! I cant give ya any more porno!
Repeal the DMCA!
The beginning of spam:
Moses brought down the ten commandments.
Result:
Related spam has grown exponentially into dozens of religions.
In 2002 I received over 18,000 pieces of spam, for a total of 163 megabytes. Compare this with the year 2000 (6 MB) and 1996 (183 KB). Based on the spam I've gotten so far this year, 2003 should see a bumper crop of 25 to 30 thousand pieces. This is just my POP3 account, and not my venerable Hotmail account that's now a smoking hole in the ground.
If I'm ever lucky enough to meet a spammer in person, I will kick him in the nuts repeatedly, until he sings soprano. Of course, I'll be chanting "Just hit Delete...just hit Delete" the whole time.
k.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." - Anne Frank
should be as effective as slashdot's anti-troll measures... **ducks**
4) Would a dating service for people on the net be "frowned upon" by DCA? I hope not. But even if it is, don't let that stop you from notifying me via net mail if you start one.
I can't say that I haven't given my address to people who "aren't stupid or assholes", but I doubt that this is the vector for most of the spam I receive.
/users, or your DSL provider "shares" your address with their "strategic partners". Never tasted that canned pink meat? You Will.
You say you've had your POP3 account for over a year; I've had mine for nine years. In that time, I've posted it to Usenet, used it as a mailto: on web pages, signed up for things with it, and used this address to register domains, always unmunged, sans "NOSPAM" or "remove this" or "@@@".
Even if I'd done none of these, or did munge my address, I'd still get spam, albeit somewhat less. Spammers use dictionary attacks, too, or they create a list from
Enjoy it while you can, for I see a million penis enlargers in your future.
k.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." - Anne Frank