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New Kind of Spam 'Un-Training' Filters?

Zaphod2016 writes to tell us the Wall Street Journal is reporting that email in-boxes are under a new kind of spam attack. This new spam has confused many people due to its lack of advertising, viruses, or request for personal information. One popular theory is that these innocuous blocks of text, often drawn from popular literature, are being used to "un-train" spam filters to allow more malicious spam through in the future.

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  1. Re:I wonder if a spam can might be a good idea. by mbourgon · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Not to be a sh*t, but your grammar/spelling needs work. If you're a non-native speaker, it's pretty good, but if you are a native English-speaker, you really should work on it.

    incorrect: "would half to be spam"
    correct: "would have to be spam"
    incorrect: "build of a real time black list"
    correct: "build off a real-time blacklist"
    incorrect: "if anyone has ever do that"
    correct: "if anyone has ever done that"

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