Posts with the tag "spam"

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More credit card offers...from Miami University?


Sound the rant alert. I've written here before about how much I don't like getting credit card offers in the mail, but I've learned to deal with it. Or, I thought I had. Then came the onslaught of offers from the Miami University Alumni Association for a card branded by Miami - [...]

Weblog Converted to WordPress


I've moved this weblog to use WordPress, instead of Movable Type. While I found Movable Type generally agreeable, WordPress has become a favorite as I've used it with the Summersault Weblog, especially in its handling of comment and trackback spam which, other than writing posts themselves, had become the most time-consuming part of [...]

Stopping Credit Card Offers


I had come to accept that possessing and using a credit card necessitated the related evil of receiving pre-approved credit card offers, and similar junk like insurance quotes. But just today I read the fine print on the back of one of these offers, and found reference to a new service that allows you [...]

I will have only you with love forever


Spam of the day:
From: peters mikel <petersmikel@yahoo.ca>
To: chris@summersault.com
Subject: my good friend reply me quick.
I am very happy to write you email, i hope you are in good condition of health. as for me iam fine. my name is mike chris am living in spain i want you to been my good friend. please, [...]

Call out Gouranga be happy


This wins the "spam of the day" award:

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Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:07:22
From: GOURANGA <NITAIGOURANGA@AOL.COM>
Subject: GOURANGA

Call out Gouranga be happy
Gouranga Gouranga Gouranga
Say Gouranga my friend
Gouranga.... That which brings the highest happiness

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I so hear ya, dude.

Fighting Spam


Today I had a speaking engagement on combating unsolicited junkmail (spam). It was one of my first opportunities to speak about this topic to a public audience, and I was glad for the chance to share all of the knowledge I've accumulated about what is increasingly the bane of the Internet. A lot [...]