Comments on: Highly literate spam http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/05/23/highly-literate-spam/ Life goes by pretty fast Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Lonnon http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/05/23/highly-literate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-17983 Lonnon Fri, 23 May 2003 22:26:19 +0000 http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/05/23/highly-literate-spam/#comment-17983 Yeah, I'd thought about the tracking info idea, though usually that takes the form of random gibberish on the subject line. I think you've hit the nail on the head, though: what better text to include but Shakespeare if you're attempting to include "real English" that gets around spam filters? This message did get around Bogofilter, by the way, which I've had installed for a month and a half now. It's a truly stellar filter, relying on Bayesian statistical analysis to tell spam apart from real mail. I reclassified the message as spam, so there's a good chance that I won't see too many Shakespearean email messages in the future. It's kind of sad, in a way. Yeah, I’d thought about the tracking info idea, though usually that takes the form of random gibberish on the subject line. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head, though: what better text to include but Shakespeare if you’re attempting to include “real English” that gets around spam filters?

This message did get around Bogofilter, by the way, which I’ve had installed for a month and a half now. It’s a truly stellar filter, relying on Bayesian statistical analysis to tell spam apart from real mail. I reclassified the message as spam, so there’s a good chance that I won’t see too many Shakespearean email messages in the future. It’s kind of sad, in a way.

]]> By: sujal http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/05/23/highly-literate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-17982 sujal Fri, 23 May 2003 21:15:54 +0000 http://blog.nyerm.com/2003/05/23/highly-literate-spam/#comment-17982 It's either tracking info or, more likely IMHO, just randomly added text that will aid in getting around mail and spam filters. It’s either tracking info or, more likely IMHO, just randomly added text that will aid in getting around mail and spam filters.

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