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Re: Spam with no purpose?
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:44:57 -0800 (PST)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:18:03 -0500 From: Deepak Jain <deepak () ai net> To: nanog () merit edu Subject: Spam with no purpose? Can someone explain to me (publicly or privately) why someone would
send
spam with no product to sell, no position to pitch, nothing except
text
designed to get by a spam filter -- without even HTML to KNOW it got
by
a spam filter..
It is a probe to verify the address. since it did not bounce, the address is verified. Some spam filters filter out empty messages. The words avoid this. Regards, Gregory Hicks
For example: From: Joe Legitimate <jlegit () university edu> To: Deepak Jain <deepak () ai net> Subject: [dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary
word]
[dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary
word]
[dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary
word]
[dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary
word]
[dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary word] [dictionary
word]
--- EOM --- I don't understand why one would waste the time, if its a test, why would it get out in public? I would like to think I am being naive, but I just don't see the
upside
unless it were particularly targeted at me or my mailserver to
determine
our response or response time, etc. Thanks in advance, DJ
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1 | Fax: 408.894.3479 San Jose, CA 95134 | Internet: ghicks () cadence com I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
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