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Posting Date: March 30, 2003
 

WebWord Comment -- Spam from Taiwan (300K). Is it funny? Is it political? Is it intelligent? Is it a special offer? I have no idea!

 

  

Reader Comments...
 

I enjoy the non-English spam I get. So much easier to detect and delete.

Posted by: on March 31, 2003 12:01 AM


 

I get sent strange stuff like this offering me great deals on large mineral exports.

Posted by: Matt Round on March 31, 2003 03:36 AM


 

It's actually from China and is about the persecution of the Falungong.

Posted by: Simon on March 31, 2003 07:04 AM


 

Any suggestions out there for good SPAM add ons for Outlook? The quest continues for good SPAM software.

Posted by: daniel szuc on March 31, 2003 08:20 AM


 

Daniel, please check out SpamNet.

Posted by: MadMan on March 31, 2003 11:32 AM


 

The Happiness Fairy has arrived to bid you well wishes and give you a secret to inner joy.
[...]
Begin your path to enlightenment with approved body posture. Form your hands into a universal portal for your inner spirit to break free from your umbilical scar of sorrow.
[...]
Hear beyond reality. You are more than your body. Mighty quest of hearing.
[...]
Follow close or you will hurt. Be careful on this journey.
[...]
Do you wonder if you can come? Join us and be happy.

Posted by: on March 31, 2003 02:30 PM


 

Thanks MadMan :) One recommendation was to install a Linux box to manage email and installing SPAM ASSASSIN on Linux to "kill and destroy" before hitting the client. All sounds good to me.

Posted by: daniel szuc on March 31, 2003 07:10 PM


 

Daniel, I use SpamAssasin for one of my email accounts. While it's mostly reliable, some HTML newsletters can be caught in it. You'll have to experiment with the spam threshold for a while.

Posted by: MadMan on April 1, 2003 11:57 AM


 

I believe "goddess" or "magical woman" are more appropriate interpretations than "fairy."

Posted by: Sid on April 1, 2003 06:28 PM


 

Thanks again Madman.

Posted by: daniel szuc on April 1, 2003 10:08 PM


 

One has to wonder whether a fairy, goddess, or magical woman would appear as a little girl garbed in a blue dress and purple sandals, with dyed red and purple hair, and donning a magic wand. If only for the wand, my vote is fairy. If she were a goddess there would be a fertility inference, and a magic woman normally wears glasses.

Posted by: Señor Science on April 2, 2003 07:05 PM


 

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