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How to Become A Spammer

Posted by timothy on from the or-just-look-like-one dept.

permeablepdx points to this story in The Oregonian about how to become a spammer. Summary: "Local Oregon boy makes big bucks after learning from the Spam masters."

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  1. hmm by revmoo · · Score: 5, Informative

    What I find most interesting about this is that the article says that Sheils made over $1000 a week. That just amazes me that there are that many stupid people out there, that actually purchase products from UCE.

    I mean, just on principle alone, I will never purchase something that I get spammed about, and I would think that most people feel the same way, so that just makes me wonder, who DOES buy this stuff? It's those people that are to blame for the continued onslaught of spam. If no one bought their stuff, they wouldn't waste their time(and ours) anymore

    Just a thought

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    I would expect such blatant racism on Fark, but on Slashdot? Mods please ban this asshole.
  2. Re:What is truly amazing by datavortex · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 covers exploitation of open relays. My company tested this in court against spammer Khan Smith, and we trounced his ass. Using an open relay to send mail is illegal in the states, provided the relay is also in this country. This ex-cop most certainly broke the law.

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    He either comes off as a real interesting guy with encyclopedic knowledge,or a pathological liar with an ax to grind
  3. Weapons against Spammers: by LaceHater · · Score: 5, Informative
    Some useful links for reducing spam income:

    For People with an *nix Account:

    • Spamassassin ruleset-based mail analizer. Detects spam quite well, especially if you enable access to Razor and Realtime-Blacklists. Newest release includes a bayesian filter.
    • bogofilter My favourite bayesian spam filter. Pro: Very good detection rates after training properly. Con: Needs to be trained.
    For everybody
    • Use Mozilla Mail The up-to-date Mozilla release includes a bayesian spam filter which can be easily trained by marking spam messages. Very good detection rate after resonable low training effort.
    • Find your favourite bayesian filter here