March 8, 2007: Artful Spamtrap - Page 2

Sheldonrs · 03-08-2007, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

If that thing had my address it'd hafta be fed a ream every hour.

must...fight...urge...to...make..."ream every hour"...joke...

barefoot serpent · 03-08-2007, 05:15 PM

d-ream on fella

footfootfoot · 03-08-2007, 06:35 PM

somehow I misread the title as "Artful Supertramp" and I was thinking a bunch of the band members were now hawking shitty expressionist paintings.

somewhat of a let down.

Happy Monkey · 03-08-2007, 06:54 PM

It reminds me of the youtube clip of Opie or Anthony "installing" Windows Vista on his shredder.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-08-2007, 08:59 PM

Loading it wit a roll of toilet paper would make it perfect.
I found by transcribing the addresses of every spam email, faithfully, every day. Then forwarding them to the Federal Trade Commission's special email address (spam@uce.gov), after a few months, spam was down 90%. Can't hurt.

SPUCK · 03-09-2007, 01:24 AM

xo; Are you serious? My filter of email addresses from spam that I have methodically declared as spam is 9.8MB of just addresses!!! Can I hack this out and send it in to them?

What do they do with it?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2007, 04:37 AM

Worked for me. I saw a snippet on the web somewhere, giving that email address and suggesting what I did. I have no idea what goes on at the other end, they don't acknowledge or anything. Maybe that address is attached to a machine like Bill Shackelford's.

But slowly, over months and months, the spam tapered off.
Thinking more about it, I was wrong. I was sending the whole header of each email, after removing the body, so they could possibly mine hidden(from me anyway) information. Sorry to mislead you.

Since I don't know what was going on at their end, there's no way of knowing exactly what they want. But by passing them on every day, they see frequency as well, I guess.

They might work on bulk, like having a chat with the biggest offenders.....not on the administrations donor list.
It could also just be coincidence like 24 beers in a case. But, it was strangely satisfying to do something, anything, and like a wise man once said.....can't hurt.

Elspode · 03-09-2007, 10:56 AM

My spam level dropped tremendously a couple of weeks back, for a couple of weeks, but has now returned to its usual level. Based on the nonsensical subjects and initial content, plus the fact that they are virtually *all* touting stocks lately, I surmise that they are from the same source ultimately.

Pie · 03-09-2007, 01:36 PM

I average 50-70 spams a day. I only get one or two that actually make it into my inbox, however. The rest go into a folder descriptively labeled "spam".
Spamassassin and Razor are my heros.

SteveDallas · 03-09-2007, 03:02 PM

As I mentioned in another thread, I transitioned the Dallas family email service over to Google Apps for Your Domain, primarily on the strength of the spam filtering as compared to other low-cost options.

Recently Miss Dallas commented that she didn't like it.. she preferred the older system. When I asked why, she said, "The spam filter isn't that good. There are 75 messages in my spam mailbox." At this point Mrs. Dallas and I both started laughing, and after we explained that the spam was SUPPOSED to be there, we showed her ours. (I forget how many she had, but mine is regularly over 2,000.)

monster · 03-09-2007, 08:53 PM

I get about one spam message a week. If that. And it always ends up inthe spam box.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-09-2007, 09:46 PM

Elspode, I went though a stock cycle, too. In addition to the normal penny stocks. Spampal rarely lets one through, but I've found stuff in the spam folder that I was cursing people for not sending.

SPUCK · 03-11-2007, 06:12 AM

Most of my spam comes, I'm sure, from one @sshole. Because I will get like 35 a day with a bunch of random first names with little or no subject or the same exact subjects, often all in a row. I'd like to find this SOB.. Maybe I could cut back my 250 a day. Spam filters don't work because inevitably some business item ends up 'filtered' and I feel like an idiot not responding.

wolf · 03-11-2007, 03:27 PM

I'm in a male enhancement and anxiety drugs trend lately.

Undertoad · 03-18-2007, 06:42 PM

Quote:

It is an installation about the concept of a spamtrap email address... I don't recommend your company's IT department implement one of these machines in your office

We don't have to, because you have given life to the concept. IotD often lives on the edge of what is art, and we discuss it often. I say this is art because it has given life to the concept.

Everybody talks about spam in very emotional terms. It's a rich motherlode for artistic interpretation, and good work by you, Bill, to mine it!

03-08-2007, 05:15 PM	#2
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	d-ream on fella __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

03-08-2007, 06:35 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	somehow I misread the title as "Artful Supertramp" and I was thinking a bunch of the band members were now hawking shitty expressionist paintings. somewhat of a let down. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-08-2007, 06:54 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It reminds me of the youtube clip of Opie or Anthony "installing" Windows Vista on his shredder. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-08-2007, 08:59 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Loading it wit a roll of toilet paper would make it perfect. I found by transcribing the addresses of every spam email, faithfully, every day. Then forwarding them to the Federal Trade Commission's special email address (spam@uce.gov), after a few months, spam was down 90%. Can't hurt. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-09-2007, 04:37 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Worked for me. I saw a snippet on the web somewhere, giving that email address and suggesting what I did. I have no idea what goes on at the other end, they don't acknowledge or anything. Maybe that address is attached to a machine like Bill Shackelford's. But slowly, over months and months, the spam tapered off. Thinking more about it, I was wrong. I was sending the whole header of each email, after removing the body, so they could possibly mine hidden(from me anyway) information. Sorry to mislead you. Since I don't know what was going on at their end, there's no way of knowing exactly what they want. But by passing them on every day, they see frequency as well, I guess. They might work on bulk, like having a chat with the biggest offenders.....not on the administrations donor list. It could also just be coincidence like 24 beers in a case. But, it was strangely satisfying to do something, anything, and like a wise man once said.....can't hurt. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-09-2007, 01:24 AM	#6
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	xo; Are you serious? My filter of email addresses from spam that I have methodically declared as spam is 9.8MB of just addresses!!! Can I hack this out and send it in to them? What do they do with it?

03-09-2007, 10:56 AM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	My spam level dropped tremendously a couple of weeks back, for a couple of weeks, but has now returned to its usual level. Based on the nonsensical subjects and initial content, plus the fact that they are virtually all touting stocks lately, I surmise that they are from the same source ultimately. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-09-2007, 01:36 PM	#9
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I average 50-70 spams a day. I only get one or two that actually make it into my inbox, however. The rest go into a folder descriptively labeled "spam". Spamassassin and Razor are my heros. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-09-2007, 03:02 PM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	As I mentioned in another thread, I transitioned the Dallas family email service over to Google Apps for Your Domain, primarily on the strength of the spam filtering as compared to other low-cost options. Recently Miss Dallas commented that she didn't like it.. she preferred the older system. When I asked why, she said, "The spam filter isn't that good. There are 75 messages in my spam mailbox." At this point Mrs. Dallas and I both started laughing, and after we explained that the spam was SUPPOSED to be there, we showed her ours. (I forget how many she had, but mine is regularly over 2,000.)

03-09-2007, 08:53 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I get about one spam message a week. If that. And it always ends up inthe spam box. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-09-2007, 09:46 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Elspode, I went though a stock cycle, too. In addition to the normal penny stocks. Spampal rarely lets one through, but I've found stuff in the spam folder that I was cursing people for not sending. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-11-2007, 06:12 AM	#13
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Most of my spam comes, I'm sure, from one @sshole. Because I will get like 35 a day with a bunch of random first names with little or no subject or the same exact subjects, often all in a row. I'd like to find this SOB.. Maybe I could cut back my 250 a day. Spam filters don't work because inevitably some business item ends up 'filtered' and I feel like an idiot not responding.

03-11-2007, 03:27 PM	#14
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm in a male enhancement and anxiety drugs trend lately. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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