Comments on: How does the spam do it?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:03:00 +0000

I open my email, I’m told I’ve got 275 emails waiting. Turns out, 270 of them are spam. I have to wonder if they really work (although if current affairs shows are to be judged, hundreds do). I guess they do pay off, otherwise why do it? So I wonder if, when eventually all of mankind realise what is going on, will that make the spammers stop? Or is there desire to get their message out there greater than the payback? I wait with interest.

And note to all spammers reading – I don’t need a penis enlargement. I really don’t need a penis at all. One in the house is just fine.

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:45:00 +0000

Maybe ‘upfnoded’ is how spam gets delivered to mailboxes, heh.

My code word here is ‘gycku’, which sounds like an alternative lizard … and, curiously enough, is not so unlike some of the names of the smaller rock-islands near ours! (e.g. Brechou, Lihou.)

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:31:00 +0000

What really bugs me is that the spam gets through, but my normal emails don’t – even the ones coming from within Malaysia!! What does the spam do, get bounced in off the moon????

and the code word I have to use to leave a comment this time is “upfnoded”. Isn’t that a lovely word to say?

By: Satima Flavell

Satima Flavell — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:07:00 +0000

I get about a dozen spam for every "real" e-mail. Like you, Hrugaar, I have an old address and in the early days I was daft enough to go splattering it all over the internet (sigh). Still, I wouldn't be without this amazing technology.

Happy New Year, Glenda and friends:-)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:12:00 +0000

Unfortunately I believe it's a spam machine. They really are gross, aren't they??????

OTOH, that's a very funny picture.

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:40:00 +0000

Urgh, spam. When I came back from my Christmas weekend I had 765 spam emails waiting in my inbox! Well, I have an old email address, so I guess I'm on every spammer's list and CD-Rom of targetable addresses going.

I like the hell idea. But as well as deleting the spam, they should be made to write an individual apology for each one, for sending it (with the copy-paste function disabled, natch).