Well,
as I think you've all noticed, the spam has reduced to minimal.
In my cas from usual 80 a day i get maybe 8.
The cause can be that M$ is suing 8 of the largest spamming firms (damn i didnt know they even had firms, i thought they were doing this from a non-windowed basement (like the CJ's room)).
Anyway, I also heard that they busted one of the largest spammers so the others chickened out.
Finally a good news from M$.
But the question remains, was there ANY profit for spammers, except health insurance and dental care?
I don't really think there would have been.Ã, I don't even think a lot of people read their junk mail, it just becomes a daily routine; check my inbox, skim through my junkmail to make sure there aren't any important letters/letters from friends in there, empty my junkmail.Ã, At least that's how it is for me.
Could possibly have been a little revenue earned with all those penile enlargement ads (when they first came out at least, before people realized, "Hey, this crap doesn't work!").
Porn, without a doubt, had to have generated some money.Ã, Cuz, as we all know, (say it with me, kiddies...) "Sex Sells!".
One thing I wanna know... what's with all this gibberish lately? I took this out of the footer of a peice of junk mail I got,
catch far into criticize sake. confidence quickly work misspell lost feel beautiful ten" would land coming heart central sharp opportunity, bad north allowed slow desire ready, help your education former writer. taste disease eat especially ache! knows age etc heaven money is social"
I'll miss my daily robot poetry.
Some classic pieces:
"I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor performance at school, Charlie Brown"
"Where we can inexorably learn a hard lesson from our rattlesnake. Katheryn, although somewhat soothed by mirror for minivan and behind graduated cylinder. Furthermore, cowboy beyond blithe spirit earns frequent flier miles, and eggplant for negotiate a prenuptial agreement with defendant toward.
Moth theologian bathtub hines altogether."
And, of course, the classic line "When maestro from widow self-flagellates, near diskette ceases to exist."
of course spam works. These firms figure out statistics like "only 200,000 ppl out of the 8 million email users we send this advertisement will visit our site."
Hyde, how can you say that when skimming through your junkmail folder you come across the phrase "adventure games" etc that you wouldn't click on the link and furthermore consider buying the product? I'm sure millions of men wake up each day thinking "if only i knew where to get a penis enlarger.."
kingsized, but that view at things would only come with the lack of knowledge, meaning, it would work only the first day.
And Mr.Hyde, for me skimming through 80 posts a day isnt very fullfilling(sp) in any sense. I would definetly skim through 8 mail post to find 1 or 2 real ones, than through 80.
Haha, usually when MS sues someone to get more money it's a bad thing, but ironically when they sue spammers everyone is happy.
I can't find the news articles, but not long ago AOL sued a big spammer and won his exotic cars, money, and mansion. They gave away one of the exotic cars to AOL users in a drawing, to thank them for reporting spam. :D
he he, but what do you mean in a drawing. Like a competition?
No, a drawing.. as in, they make a big pool of names and then they draw out the winner.
In my dictionary it is definition four: Players buy chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots.
ohh yeah yeah yeah.
Damn, sometimes i surpass my own stupidity.
Quote from: Czar on Sat 12/06/2004 14:06:42And Mr.Hyde, for me skimming through 80 posts a day isnt very fullfilling(sp) in any sense. I would definetly skim through 8 mail post to find 1 or 2 real ones, than through 80.
Quote from: kingsized on Sat 12/06/2004 13:52:25
Hyde, how can you say that when skimming through your junkmail folder you come across the phrase "adventure games" etc that you wouldn't click on the link and furthermore consider buying the product? I'm sure millions of men wake up each day thinking "if only i knew where to get a penis enlarger.."
I'm sorry, I don't understand what either of you are talking about.
Is that on yet?
I mean, have the spams reduced already?
I didn't notice any change!
I'm still receiving dozens of them!
-Felipe-
Mr Hyde- spam is EFFECTIVE advertising.
A person who is repeatedly reminded of a brand or product name is more likely to buy the product over a person who has never heard of the brand or product. If you do not understand the previous sentence, don't worry, just read my very first statement.
I get 100 messages per day sent to my Yahoo! Bulk Mail folder. I haven't seen a change yet. :P
Quote from: Pesty on Sat 12/06/2004 13:41:44
I'll miss my daily robot poetry.
Some classic pieces:
"I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor performance at school, Charlie Brown"
"Where we can inexorably learn a hard lesson from our rattlesnake. Katheryn, although somewhat soothed by mirror for minivan and behind graduated cylinder. Furthermore, cowboy beyond blithe spirit earns frequent flier miles, and eggplant for negotiate a prenuptial agreement with defendant toward.
Moth theologian bathtub hines altogether."
And, of course, the classic line "When maestro from widow self-flagellates, near diskette ceases to exist."
Those are great. Here are some I just got in today's email:
"Randal, the friend of Randal and feels nagging remorse with umbrella near.Any corporation can teach cigar living with, but it takes a real corporation to ski lodge toward bonbon.lunatic take a peek at behind cream puff."
"For example, asteroid inside indicates that beyond class action suit give lectures on morality to minivan from hockey player."
Yeah, what ARE these random paragraphs at the end of spam emails? Seriously, what...ARE they?
I imagine it's some sort of attempt to fool automatic email spam detectors. Not entirely sure, though.
Ah, false content. I gotcha. Clever!