Uhura: I've just found an old earth text in the Computer called "Spam in a Nutshell". It would seem both Dr. McCoy and Mr. Scott are correct. Without breaching Starfleet protocol it would appear we're no match for the Spammers.
Spock: Most interesting. It would seem, we have underestimated them Captain. Kirk: It was too good to be true. Lt. Urura, please set filtering on maximum. McCoy: Jim! You need to get some rest! Kirk: Bones, you're right. Mr. Sulu, take us out of the Glenmorange system. Make way for the O'Really system, It would seem we have more to learn about the Spammers. I'll be retiring to my quarters. Mr Spock please take the helm. Marcel PS here's someone who had "Fun with Spam" http://www3.brinkster.com/troels/spamfun/funwithspam1.html On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 12:43, Shawn wrote: > Scotty: Aye Captain. This approach might cause some confusion among the > spammers, but all those messages will eventually overload our system. I > can't keep it running much longer Captain. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 11:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) OT :: Scotch addled anti-Spam fantasies > > > Bones: It'll never work, Jim. Most spam comes from spoofed, non-existent > email > addresses. They aren't looking to have people reply by email, they just want > you to click the link to thier website and buy your viagra/penis/breast > enlargement combo kit.... > > > > On October 4, 2003 03:00 am, Marcel Lecker wrote: > > Stardate 200310140149, Captain's log > > > > Science officer Spock has just determined that our present rate of > > attack from the spammers will render our ship useless within days. We've > > found a possible deffence .... turning the spammers against > > themselves... > > ------- > > > > Kirk: Has any one implamented a script which generates a generic reply > > of interest based on addresses harvested from a dynamically filtered set > > of spam messages? If so I'd be delighted to know more. > > > > Spock: Perhaps it is a neive assumption about humans captain, but > > spammers do want to have replies (like the one in tenthousand people who > > want to help some Nigerian out of his financial predicament). > > > > Kirk: we're swimming in *#$@ here Spock! we need answers! > > > > Spock: If one were to reply _as_ another email address,..like a reply-to > > on a piece of spam it could really make a spammer work for those > > returns. The more spam you get the better it works. The more spam > > everyone gets (who is using the script that is)... the better it works. > > > > Kirk: So the bigger the set of spam addresses, the better the returns? > > If your spam folder is 50 deep, each of those 50 would appear to mail > > each other (but not it self). what would that do to the evil spammers > > who are attacking us? > > > > Spock: If 200 people each got 50 peices of spam within an arbitrary > > time-frame and were the script Mr. Scott is working on -which uses the > > reply-to field in each- to reply to all but itself (50!-48!), each > > spammer would recieve (50!-48!)*200 = 9800 messages of interest. > > > > Kirk: It's like an anti-spam [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Spock: yes indeed captain. I believe humans have a term called poetic > > justice for this sort of thing. > > > > ---------------- > > > > ...demonic (scotch addled) laugh... > > > > On a side note, what started this thinking is ...it would be kind of fun > > to have it seem like people wanting a bigger member looking to help > > Nigerians with financial predicaments who in turn are looking for better > > deals on ... you get the idea. > > > > http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/28525.html > > http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/23629.html > > > > > > damn! ... I wish I knew Perl. > > > > Marcel > > -- > Nick W ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) > MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo: foolish_gambit > ICQ: 303276221 -- Marcel Lecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
