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Title: question on spam. (the email not the meat)
Post by: 3imo on March 07, 2006, 03:10:48 PM

Does anyone know why spam emails have gibberish at the end? (see example below)

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Title: Re: question on spam. (the email not the meat)
Post by: JetSwing on March 07, 2006, 03:16:18 PM

it's a medthod used by terrorists to communicate

Title: Re: question on spam. (the email not the meat)
Post by: arcsecond on March 07, 2006, 04:44:47 PM

spam is terrifying so I guess spammers are terrorists.

The real answer is to try and fool email filtering programs that identify spam by the percentage of spam-related keywords to the overall length of the message. Adding all that gibberish at the bottom makes the filter think it's a real email.

Hope this helps.
-James

Title: Re: question on spam. (the email not the meat)
Post by: Bluebellylint on March 07, 2006, 07:23:44 PM

Gmail still knows those are spam though. :thumb:

Title: Re: question on spam. (the email not the meat)
Post by: Alphamazing on March 07, 2006, 07:37:27 PM

Quote from: Bluebellylint on March 07, 2006, 07:23:44 PM
Gmail still knows those are spam those. :thumb:

So does Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/).

Title: Re: question on spam. (the email not the meat)
Post by: pandy on March 07, 2006, 07:57:35 PM

Rats...I thought this was gonna be a recipe thread! :flipoff: :laugh:

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