I get a fair amount at the moment. Most if not all are addressed to Mark Grouth/Group/Grounen/Grouchard/etc.
The unsubscribe option should send my email back to them, but obviously sends the odd/wrong version. They are all for 'cheap' software/Finance packages/etc, but why do they bother?
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 11:50 (twenty years ago)
the random words are to fool spam filters by reducing the percentage of suspect words in the message text.
they bother because they are worthless as human beings and deserve to die even with a 0.01% hit rate, it's still very profitable.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:00 (twenty years ago)
― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:00 (twenty years ago)
― Steely Zan (AaronHz), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:02 (twenty years ago)
The words have a poetic quality. I'm sure they're taken from Bob Dylan's "Tarantula"
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:03 (twenty years ago)
Treat it as found poetry. GLEE IS UP!
― Archelll, Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:03 (twenty years ago)
― Steely Zan (AaronHz), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:10 (twenty years ago)
Monty PoeVicky HugginsWillie BowlingRodger CrumAlejandra HaleyAmie FarrRoscoe PresleyPrince Groves
and finally
Rubin Hood.
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:13 (twenty years ago)
I stated a thread called "spam fiction thread" or something about this a while ago.
demon, my isp, uses brightmail spam filtering, which is very effective.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:20 (twenty years ago)
― Steely Zan (AaronHz), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:21 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:22 (twenty years ago)
― Steely Zan (AaronHz), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:24 (twenty years ago)
there was a bunch of them which were all "hey pindick, LEARN TO SATISFY YOUR WOMAN, YOU LOser", I think I started a thread about that as well. Brightmail email filtering has obviously robbed me of some er "prime" thread material haha.
I just sold a Prestige pressure cooker gasket, and three 60w bulbs. When I totalled up the sale it was £6.66! Ph34_r!! I cut the customer's head off with a magic sword anointed in holy water and buried him at a crossroads with a stake through his heart because he was obviously sa+an sold him the stuff for £6.50.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:32 (twenty years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:34 (twenty years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 12:36 (twenty years ago)