Do you get paid per attempt to post a spam link next to your meaningless comments, or only for successfully posting? It takes me 10 seconds to clean your mess out of the spam traps, and none of your comments see the light of day, so I certainly hope you’re getting paid per attempt. 20 [...]
Archive of posts tagged Spam
Sometimes even the good guys send spam
Just a minor rant, as I clean out the trap of another spam filter (gmail, this time) Awhile back, I had subscribed to the MinutemanHQ.com (link deliberately left out, if you want some of this, find it yourself) newsletter. All was fine for quite some time, but then I noticed I started getting the same [...]
Another hurdle?
I’m still amazed at the effectiveness of the anti-spam security tools in place here. Akismet is the most “proud” of the lot, and rightfully so… “Akismet has caught 2,000 spam for you since you first installed it. You have no spam currently in the queue. Must be your lucky day. ” The daily numbers are [...]
Spam King off the streets
Maybe it’s just a coincidence, maybe it’s “Bad Behavior” doing a better job lately. I don’t know, but there’s been a huge decline in comment spam filtered out by Akismet lately, and then I read this… damned good news. ‘Spam King’ Arrested and Charged – News and Analysis by PC Magazine A top spammer known [...]
Join the fight – Report Panda Software SPAM to the FTC!
I have officially changed my message filters to not only automatically mark all email from Panda Software as spam, but also to forward it to SPAM@UCE.GOV. Panda software is in violation of CAN-SPAM (4) PROHIBITION OF TRANSMISSION OF COMMERCIAL ELECTRONIC MAIL AFTER OBJECTION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—If a recipient makes a request using a mechanism provided [...]