I will be back this afternoon with something to say, but for now, what the hell is up with all the spam e-mail I have been getting at my gmail account? It has quadrupled in the past two weeks.
SPAM E-Mail
by John Cole| 13 Comments
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Jim Allen
You may be a victim of a spambot, if you posted your gmail address here (or elsewhere) — vile little creatures swarm all over the web, grabbing anything that looks like an e-mail address.
demimondian
Spammers expend a lot of energy studying the major anti-spam systems. It sounds like Google’s GMail filter has been beaten.
Ancient Purple
Join the club, John. You, me, and a host of people I know said that in the past few days, the spam on gmail has been 2-to-3 times what it normally is.
Paul Wartenberg
It’s because we haven’t instituted the death penalty for spammers. Yet.
Slide
I gave your name and email to NAMBLA
demimondian
Interestingly, although my GMail account has an easily discoverable name, I haven’t seem an increase in SPAM. I wonder why?
Steve
I maybe get 1-2 spam emails a week that get by the gmail spam filter.
The Other Steve
Never give your email address to anyone! You’re just asking for email!
Tim F.
The only people who regularly get past my Yahoo filter are the evil gnomes at virgilio.it. I effing hate virgilio.it.
Jim Allen
As much as I despise spam, at least once in while I get e-mails from some interesting names. Over the years, I’ve received offers from, among others, Pantheism A. Iffy, Onassis C. Supposes, Padlocked H. Gregorio, Lambasted C. Spigot, Embarrassment M. Theorist, and Opinionated R. Ingenuousness.
Jim Allen
And we all know what the “R” stands for, don’t we?
Heh.
Paul Wartenberg
I think the real reason why Gmail is seeing an increase in spam is because the FBI, being so strapped for cash, has cut back on email services (the .gov accounts) for their agents… so the FBI agents are forced to register for free email such as Gmail… and the terrorists, being as evil as spammers, have allied themselves with said spammers to hinder the FBI’s ability to have lean and accessible email inboxes. Dude, I can’t be making this up, trust me!
ppGaz
I think it has something to do with DougJ.