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--Filters Force Spammers to Use Gibberish
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:40:04 -0500
--Filters Force Spammers to Use Gibberish (25 January 2004) Though the incidence of spam may not be decreasing, the coherence of the messages is definitely decreasing. Spammers who wish to evade filters must garble their messages; most people are unlikely to open e-mail with subject lines full of gibberish. http://news.com.com/2102-1024_3-5147038.html?tag=st_util_print [Editor's Note: Ranum): My p.r.e.d.i.c.t.i.0.n. is that spa8mmers will have to f1nd 0ther v3nues s00n. E-m8il, as a batch service, is too 3asy to add pr0cessing into its d8ta path. L00k f0r future s.p.a.m.m.er.s.to f0cus on inst8nt messag3ing and p33r to p33r.]
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