Re: [Mimedefang] Which is worse?
Dave Williss wrote: I think to myself... If I go out of my way to block spam, I'm probably NOT going to be inclined to buy anything from a spammer anyway. So why do they bother? Spam is usually blocked by sysadmins. They are attempting to bypass that and reach end users that might be inclined to click on the message. It's like those "no soliciting" signs on doors (on both private properties and bussinesses). From time to time you get uninvited salesman ignoring the sign, trying out his luck. Anyhow, it doesn't cost a thing, so why not try it. ___ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
Re: [Mimedefang] Which is worse?
Jan Pieter Cornet wrote: On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 03:59:10PM -0700, Ben Kamen wrote: I was mousing over it to point it out to my friend and noticed the cursor didn't change... i.e. the tag was missing or malformed... So we laughed. But have you tried it with the most common configuration? Probably a badly patched WinXP using outlook or outlook express, with all security settings to "pwn me n0w!" (err... "low" in MS-speak). Maybe it had a tag which would actually put a href on the image? HELLO! FireFox/Thunderbird User here. ;) ___ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
Re: [Mimedefang] Which is worse?
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 03:59:10PM -0700, Ben Kamen wrote:
> I was mousing over it to point it out to my friend and noticed the cursor
> didn't change... i.e. the tag was missing or malformed...
>
> So we laughed.
But have you tried it with the most common configuration? Probably
a badly patched WinXP using outlook or outlook express, with all security
settings to "pwn me n0w!" (err... "low" in MS-speak).
Maybe it had a tag which would actually put a href on the image?
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Re: [Mimedefang] Which is worse?
Dave Williss wrote: The one I've been seeing lately is a big text of jargon with an .jpg of a topless lady with a stud in the backround that says in the image "She's dreaming about a strong man... click to find out more" and you can't click it! U And you tried to click on the image... why? :-) I was mousing over it to point it out to my friend and noticed the cursor didn't change... i.e. the tag was missing or malformed... So we laughed. then I clicked delete. -Ben ___ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
Re: [Mimedefang] Which is worse?
- Original Message - From: "Ben Kamen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:42 PM Subject: [Mimedefang] Which is worse? [snip] The one I've been seeing lately is a big text of jargon with an .jpg of a topless lady with a stud in the backround that says in the image "She's dreaming about a strong man... click to find out more" and you can't click it! U And you tried to click on the image... why? :-) So with all that effort while sending emails which probably violate most companies internal HR policy on explicit material in the workplace and the idiot spammers can't even get the HTML part right so the image is clickable!! I see these and think to myself, "and there was doubt these folks are morons?" I think to myself... If I go out of my way to block spam, I'm probably NOT going to be inclined to buy anything from a spammer anyway. So why do they bother? ___ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
[Mimedefang] Which is worse?
These spammers go through all this trouble to send us this crap... The bayesian poisoning. The images with the message. Inviso-type... the list goes on... The one I've been seeing lately is a big text of jargon with an .jpg of a topless lady with a stud in the backround that says in the image "She's dreaming about a strong man... click to find out more" and you can't click it! So with all that effort while sending emails which probably violate most companies internal HR policy on explicit material in the workplace and the idiot spammers can't even get the HTML part right so the image is clickable!! I see these and think to myself, "and there was doubt these folks are morons?" (ok, you can all laugh now) -Ben ___ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
