anyone else get random stories in email spam?

blake · Post by **blake** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:06 pm

I watch night in and night out our team lose. I'm that annoying guy who asks where you want to go. Sure. Turns out that Mustang at the carnival, where we watched some Snatch . That's my ever-so-busy, yet refreshing, day. Tomorrow involves a little treat for me looking around. PS - I lounged around the house, I was asked if I do!!! Sometimes, I feel that I had to deal with the uncle remodeling basements which is a feat in itself considering I'm on a self-destructive course. I saw a side of man that I had back in HS, at our district's Battle of the guy. It shouldn't be so rough. No person deserves that. In the last being 15-14 (each side hit a grand slam). We figured that we had pieces of PIE on the first season on DVD and we've been watching them for over a week off. What ever will I do have news - I was asked if I was in need, someone would come to my usual 'perky' self. Working two jobs this summer, with a couple to the banquet hall, which turned out to hang. Should be fun. This past weekend was gonna come. It seemed like all St. Louis could do was hit home-runs, but that was quickly put to an end. Then the amazing Cubbie offense came alive to bring a 4-3 victory to the lead singer). Topped the night off with a third on the quiet nights. JJ and I rock at Trivial Pursuit! It didn't hurt that we would anger the baseball gods if we were able to pick up right where we left off. That was a purely random thing. Luckily for us, I got my eight hours of sleep. *Scott's home health tip #1 - Hibernate it out.* Last night, we went to the news of your close friends on a paved road, sure it has potholes, but it also has a few more...no problem, the fans don't mind, we're actually quite used to it. Now, if I do!!! Sometimes, I feel that I wanted.

P After the game on Saturday, my family took me out for a couple of days...it's worth it though. I'm getting some cool stuff out of our teens, huh? Haven't had anything to eat and has been the few times I've spent at Wrigley Field, where I wished a belated birthday so many times. Looking back, I lucked out - I got a permanent account! I thought about it and reverted back to school, where we met up with some other friends (who is a good day. I never want to sit through BP and almost caught a ball, although I have dreams to go to the lead singer). Topped the night at the fortress was a dancing fiend out there - Hells Yeah! A couple times it was possible, but it happened again with the uncle remodeling basements which is a cousin to the lead singer). Topped the night off with a midnight run to Sub Port. What a interesting night was had. Although I can be found at the ballpark where I watch night in and night out our team lose. I'm that annoying guy who asks where you want to see my Cubbies play. I personally am going to bed, but what happens?? I get dragged into the smallest parking lot on campus and doesn't know how to get out. While trying to get out. While trying to get into helping out the burgers like there is no tomorrow. But that's all behind me now, at least now I know I need a little runt?? You guessed it, my roommate. I'm gonna make him take care of the guys. A band he knows is playing a carnival and wonders if we attended a Cubs Game together. What a interesting night was had. Although I can recover in time for my ECE midterm this evening. Hmmm...that smell means it's LUNCH! L:aterz! Been going back and forth between here and home the last 10 years, I have experienced all this, I still don't know what to spend it on. I was thinking about a bike for the show, but it also shouldn't be too bad, although the whole party scene once again - geez, it's a tough life!! I ended up putting it into 1st instead of 3rd - I've never been jerked around so much in my life. Don't we have the luck?! Somehow, we made it to see my Cubbies play.

at the bottom of spam emails i get things like these^
always in light fonts and small print. Doesn anyone know where they originate, anyone else get them?

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:25 am

Why would you READ spam mails...? I always delete them w/o opening them (might be a virus, too, so better be careful).

Lately I have been receiving a huge amount of junk mail, and I was wondering what the reason could be... It's been going on for about three weeks now, and I get like 10 spam mails a day...

Don't know how I could stop that... I have no intention to change my email address just b/c of htis.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:57 am

@Brynn: Get a spam filter

My ISP runs a filter on server, and I run another as proxy before the e-mails comes to my mailprogram. Thus I rarely get spam mails in my inbox, but they go straight to my deleted mails.

I almost never read spam mails at all, so I wouldn't know if there are stories in some of them. I hate spam, and find it tremendously annoying that it is cost-effective for the spammers to send them around - but it is because somebody is stupid enough to buy from them.

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:11 am

[QUOTE=Xandax]@Brynn: Get a spam filter

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How does that work? I use Outlook, is there a way to set that up somehow to filter mails?

giles337 · Post by **giles337** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:53 am

I assume the reason they are there is in a vain attempt to confuse any filters into thinking the email is genuine, not spam

blake · Post by **blake** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:07 am

THats what i figured too, I was wondering if there was a different reason, but it makes since. They are fun to read, when youre bored. lol.

arno_v · Post by **arno_v** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:14 am

I didn't get were you were talking about, till I just rembembered I deleted a spam mail myself a couple of minutes ago. I thought it was empy but I just looked back and it had a story in white font... Strange stuff.

Macleod1701 · Post by **Macleod1701** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:25 am

My fathers computer seems to be riddled with spam and pop ups, it's probably not his fault as he only recently started learning how to use a pc but it is infuriating when you're trying to do anything and 5 different windows pop up with random useless crap on them. I also hate spam email, whenever I check it daily there are usually 3 to 10 spam emails in my inbox, now really is 23 really an age where I need to start using viagra or wanting to grow new hair to cover my non-existant bald spot?!?! Stupid spam!

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:42 am

[QUOTE=Macleod1701]My fathers computer seems to be riddled with spam and pop ups, it's probably not his fault as he only recently started learning how to use a pc but it is infuriating when you're trying to do anything and 5 different windows pop up with random useless crap on them. [/QUOTE]
That, fortunately, is quite easy to avoid by forgetting Internet Explorer and using FireFox or Maxthon instead.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:07 am

[QUOTE=Brynn]How does that work? I use Outlook, is there a way to set that up somehow to filter mails?[/QUOTE]

I use a spam filter called K9 (which I can only recommend) - it is free and all.
It is set up as a socalled Proxy, which means you "place" it between outlook and your mail account. ( I run outlook myself, so no biggie).
Basically - you set up Outlook to talk to the spamfilter and then the spamfilter to talk to the mail account. Sounds much more complex then it is.
Then as you recive e-mails via the program and into Outlook (or another) - it will score the e-mail as either spam with a percentage or not spam. You can then "teach" the program by reclassifying spam as non-spam or vice versa.
I find it very effective and quite excat once it has been tought a short while.

My current installation has only run 42days, but it is already 99.8% accurate (in reciving 8.400 mails). But I don't bother to reclassify all false positives as non-spam because I'm lazy

Moonbiter · Post by **Moonbiter** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:24 am

The most scary thing for me is how these things increase! One year ago I had never ever received a spam email. Then last fall they slowly started rolling in. In December I started off with a new and virgin pure hard drive, thinking there maybe was a piece of spyware or trojan that my enormous pile of scanning software had failed to detect and wipe. It didn't work. Then, three weeks after christmas, it blew up completely. Today I get between 50 and 100 a day(!) and i'm getting a bit desperate. If I go away for a week I return to literally a thousand crap nonsensical mails, completely swamping anything relevant that might be there. My blocked senders-list has now reached 2000 adresses, and still they keep coming...

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:37 am

moonbiter,

It's time for some new email accounts. The ones you have are tarnished.

Moonbiter · Post by **Moonbiter** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:01 pm

I've thought about that, and has discussed it with people using the same (and best/fastest/most solid) internet provider in Norway. They all have the same problem, and got it at the same time. So we ganged up and went to the provider, asking for an explanation. Things like this just doesn't happen over night. All they have been able to do so far is offer us a more expensive service, where they "wash" incoming mail. We have put them on the spot, demanding an explanation as to how we get more garbage than anyone using other internet providers. So far, zilch. We have now threatened to take them to court, as I did with my previous provider, who gave me 4 months of down time and reduced speed but still claimed the right to charge me full rates for my account. We'll see what comes of it.

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:04 pm

sounds like the ISP sold you email accounts