[ale] [OT] spam

Jim jcphil at mindspring.com
Thu Jul 26 07:04:39 EDT 2001


Chances are, that is a tracking number to help the spammer know which 
source yielded the best results. They are buying address lists and some 
are full of bogus addresses.

Wandered Inn wrote:

> The amount of spam I'm getting has slowly been increasing.  One thing
> I've noticed and was wondering if anyone has any insights.  A lot of the
> spam I'm getting has what appears to be a random number at the end of
> the subject.  Anyone else seeing this?  Anyone know what the
> significance might be?   For example, I just received one with the
> following subject:
> 
> what?                  22057
> 
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> 
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> The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit
> to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his
> intelligence." - Albert Einstein
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