On Thu, 08 May 2008 18:29:57 -0700, Bob Ward <bobward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>On Thu, 08 May 2008 18:18:49 -0700, Blinky the Shark
><no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>John Dean wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using Mailwasher to ID spam on the server. Up to a few days ago, I
could
>>> expect almost everything to show up as spam since a) most of it is and
b)
>>> I've been using the program a while and it learns as it goes along.
>>> But suddenly, most posts show up clean even though they are clearly
spam
>>> (and I so mark them and the program then learns)
>>> Has there been some major regrouping of spammers whereby they found a
whole
>>> new approach to the activity?
>>
>>Personally, the only change I've seen in the last few days is that I'm
>>getting 419s instead of the manhood increasement and online med spams.
>>Most of them aren't getting by my filters; I'm talking about what I've
>>been seeing shunted to my spam folder for re****ting. Total, after the
>>server side filters have done their job, they've probably amounted to
>>probably five a day for all (not each) of my various mailboxes.
>Has anyone else been getting lots of people "from stickam" wanting you
>to be their special friend? I assume that someone has created some
>sort of an exploit that will infect your system if you click on the
>link, but they are all using the same template, so the element of
>surprise is gone.
Maybe it legitimate, and they know that you need some friends.
Les
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