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[ratcreature]

I wonder whether all the spam filters emails have to pass don't at least increase the amusement value of the subject lines that still get through.

I mean, of the last four spam messages that ended up in my inbox instead of the spam folder two were at least nicely dadaist, i.e. "mid-aged moose fly" and "new-built ordeal tree", and another one had the subject line "more suo omni-ignorant" which doesn't make a lot of sense (suo??), but "omni-ignorant" is just a great word, IMO.

I'm still puzzled by getting spam though that even in the message body is all random text, no attachments or included images, which is just bizarre. I get the random text additions when their intention is to fool the spam filters so that you can see the picture advertising Viagra or whatever, or open the virus attachment, but why send just random text fragments with nonsense subject lines?

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[brownbetty]

I've heard a theory that those spam messages are sent by zombie machines, which are directed to get their spam-content from a server that's been taken down. So the zombie continues sending out meaningless spam messages after it's master is dead. It's sort of tragic, in a way.

[ratcreature]

Oh wow. Yes it totally is. Directionless zombie computers. Huh.

[stasha2g]

Heh.

Suo = swamp (also imprerative of one word for 'let,allow') in Finnish.

[ratcreature]

Heh, well suo is also a Latin word and I suspect it means something in a number of languages...

Still, I think "omni-ignorant" is much cooler. ;)

[stasha2g]

It probably does, yes. And 'omni-ignorant' is very cool indeed.

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

Lately, I've been getting spam that's nothing but short selections from Pride & Predjudice with HTML tags thrown in. It's nice, but... what is the purpose?

[ratcreature]

brown_betty's explanation makes sense, that it's sent by zombified machines whose master isn't around anymore to provide the actual spam content, like the drug picture ads or whatever, but the instructions to generate the spam filter diversion content and sending the messages themselves stil works. It's really kind of tragic, and provides daily surreal moments: the last one I got advised me to "evolve the production of humanoid robots"... if only I could do that! Then the humanoid robot could maybe do my dishes for me!

[retsuko.livejournal.com]

A future Star Trek incarnation plot?

"My God, Captain...it's still sending out spam messages, after all these years."
"That poor AI! Whoever programmed it must not have been human!"
(*cue dramatic tension music*)

*grins*