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Long-Dead ORDB Begins Returning False Positives

Posted by kdawson on from the waking-the-dead dept.

Chapter80 writes "At noon today (Eastern Standard Time), the long dead ORDB spam identification system began returning false positives as a way to get sleeping users to remove the ORDB query from their spam filters. The net effect: all mail is blocked on servers still configured to use the ORDB service, which was taken out of commission in December of 2006. So if you're not getting any mail, check your spam filter configuration!"

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  1. Nope. by TheLazySci-FiAuthor · · Score: 5, Funny

    No emails, but it's not the ORDB system. I just don't have any friends.

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    1. Re:Nope. by blhack · · Score: 5, Funny

      No emails, but it's not the ORDB system. I just don't have any friends. I have tons and tons of emails.
      None of them are from people who are friends :(.

      Recieved email, instead of loving signs of friendship, message contained bobcat.
      Would not communicate with again.
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    2. Re:Nope. by EdIII · · Score: 5, Funny

      I have thousands and thousands of friends. All of them convinced my penis is small and they have the answer.

  2. The unknown future rolls toward us. by OakDragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    At noon today (Eastern Standard Time), the long dead ORDB spam identification system began returning false positives. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. ORDB begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, March 26th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

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