Great reading and now (if you don't mind too much) I'd like to take a moment or two (about the same amount of time it takes me to deal with spam) to add my tuppence worth;^)
How many people and companies reading these posts are profiting from spam? - well there's a whole raft of companies making software and appliances to stop spam and some are charging hefty licenses - one of which was featured on this very subject page:-)
At what point will it evolve like graffiti to an art form and be praised? Not too soon I hope, but you have to admire the ingenuity and content of some spam. Each time I create a rule, it is either circumnavigated (not circumcised - I seem to get those two mixed up) or a new technique arrives.
Oops I just circumnavigated my pencil and the rubber (eraser) dropped off!
And by the way let's not confuse kings with knights: The only ceremonies a king goes through to become king are:
1 - to be born of royal family - and
2 - to be crowned.
That stuff with a sword is for knights etc and the water is for christenings. (see other equally bizarre postings)
Don't get me wrong - I hate spam - but lets see both sides and profit from the experience
Doug
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I think you're right "slippery little suckers" to quote Pretty Woman
How many people and companies reading these posts are profiting from spam? - well there's a whole raft of companies making software and appliances to stop spam and some are charging hefty licenses - one of which was featured on this very subject page
At what point will it evolve like graffiti to an art form and be praised? Not too soon I hope, but you have to admire the ingenuity and content of some spam. Each time I create a rule, it is either circumnavigated (not circumcised - I seem to get those two mixed up) or a new technique arrives.
Oops I just circumnavigated my pencil and the rubber (eraser) dropped off!
And by the way let's not confuse kings with knights: The only ceremonies a king goes through to become king are:
1 - to be born of royal family - and
2 - to be crowned.
That stuff with a sword is for knights etc and the water is for christenings. (see other equally bizarre postings)
Don't get me wrong - I hate spam - but lets see both sides and profit from the experience
Doug