X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9c5db9e6be40caff X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-12 13:30:02 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!easynet-quince!easynet.net!news1.carrier1.net!amsnews01.chello.com!Flipper.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: OT: Spamfighting (was: All YOUR Romantic Needs - Relationship101.com 9857) Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: <8okg8tc8cv5b5r720ciljg9fp3fjb1akjs@4ax.com> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 29 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:21:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.74.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: Flipper 982012903 213.93.74.225 (Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:21:43 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:21:43 MET Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4387 On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 00:23:46 GMT, Nate / DAC provoked the following text: >> > Anyone know why the subject of so much spam contains a 4 digit number? >> >> It appears that it's supposed to evade cancelbots and spamfilters that >> search for a: certain subjectlines and b: messages with the same subject >> etc. being posted multiple times... Seems like certain SpamWare inserts >> those automatically... > >I'd like to see a good spamfilter that can get around these cable box ads >we see. You know, f.r-e=e..c-a^b.l;e' and the like. The killfile in Forte Agent does a darn great job! Of course, looking at your headers i get no clues about your OS, so i have no idea whether it would run on your machine. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Draai je V3.03 al van de SETI@home client? http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. 792wu/8740hrs You cannot buy hardware of any kind on Sunday. (Virginia state law, Passed in 1975, repealed in 1977)