Re: [CH] I suppose it had to happen...spam on the list :-(
=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:02:04 -0400
Yeah, within an hour of my posting subscription procedures to my site. Hmmm...
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:18:59 -0500, Jim Graham wrote
> I got FOUR of these right back to back. The first two were nuked as
> spam (HTML only ... automatically labelled as spam and nuked, leaving
> only an entry in the system logs).
>
> How the other two made it to the list, I don't know...but I know what
> I'm about to do about it (see below, but first, a bit of fun).
>
> Subject: Re: [CH] Linda sent you a friend request on Tagged :)
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:53:24AM -0700, Linda Broglan wrote:
> > If you can't see this email please click here
>
> Silly spammer! If we can't see your e-mail, we can't see your words
> telling us to click the mouse on "here". :-)
>
> > Is Linda your friend?
>
> Spammers are not my friends...ever.
>
> > Click Yes if Linda is your friend, otherwise click No.
> > But you have to click!
>
> I think not. I'm not in the mood to put up all of the extra screens
> (inbound and outbound), etc..... Besides, clicking on a random word
> in an xterm window (unless the version of Mutt I'm using was compiled
> with S-Lang, which it wasn't) would be useless. I'd have to fire up
> Mozilla for that.
>
> > Please respond or Linda may think you said no :(
>
> I did say no...weren't you reading? Stupid spammers.
>
> > Click here to block all emails from Tagged Inc., 110 Pacific Mall Box
> > #117, San Francisco, CA. 94111
>
> No, I have a better idea...I just added this to ~/.procmailrc:
>
> --------------------------- CUT HERE ---------------------------
> :0:
> * ^(To|From|Cc).*taggedmail.com
> definitely_spam_taggedmail.com
>
> :0:
> * ^Subject.*friend request.*Tagged
> definitely_spam_taggedmail.com
> --------------------------- CUT HERE ---------------------------
>
> Later,
> --jim
>
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> "Castrate first, ask questions later."
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=Mark
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