Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

From: Roedy Green (my_email_is_posted_on_my_website_at_munged.invalid)
Date: 10/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:50:22 GMT

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:53:52 +0200, "Dr.Ruud" <rvtol+news@isolution.nl>
wrote or quoted :

>Don't think that that is true for everybody. For example not for people
>that are behind central filters that already cope with common spam.

The variants of the Nigerian spam are getting cleverer and cleverer to
get though the filters. I can't always immediately recognise them. No
wonder the spam filter gets fooled too.

We victims of spam collectively are about the silliest of victims
imaginable. We provide a FREE service to the spammers to torment us
with. WE SUBSIDISE THEM. It costs them almost nothing to send a spam,
and even at the weakest response percentages they still make money.

It is almost like providing ladders and setting out cookies and milk
for the burglars. 

-- 
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
http://mindprod.com Again taking new Java programming contracts.

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