Subano -> RE: questions about spam (5/28/2015 11:09:18 AM)
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The oddest thing happened, years ago, when I was in IT, trying to reduce spam. In the days before professional filters were abundant, we wrote our own filters using procmail on UNIX workstations. We had to write our own algorithms, and in doing so, I was publishing a report to the company, as a whole, how the spam filters were working. In the spam filters were real-world examples explaining how the filters worked. Wouldn't you know it. Two people (out of a few hundred) actually ASKED for select spam messages! Yup. I don't remember what the spam was (maybe viagra fakes or non-working radar detector jammers, whatever) - but - from that experience - I learned that at least a few percent of the people out there actually WANT what the spammers advertise! No wonder spam works.
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