May 2006 Archives

Jobs for Joe

22 May 2006 - 07:33 AM | Permalink

Recently, I've had a couple of messages saying "tell me more about these jobs you're offering" (plus one that said "Don't send me any more of your crap"). I mailed one of the senders to ask why he'd mailed me and he was kind enough to write back and explain that he'd received a message from one 'Emily Moss', offering jobs at spamnation.info.

If you read no further, please read this: there are no jobs at spamnation.info, and there never will be. Also, any mail that mentions spamnation.info in the 'From:' line is fake. Got that? Good.

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Blue Frog, White Flag

17 May 2006 - 07:17 AM | Permalink

Q: What's worse than an anti-spam company that uses abusive tactics to try to put spammers out of business?
A: A spammer that uses abusive tactics to successfully put anti-spammers out of business.

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On pissing contests

04 May 2006 - 09:02 AM | Permalink

A piece of folk wisdom says that you should never enter into a pissing contest with a skunk, for obvious reasons. Apparently anti-spam company Blue Security hadn't heard that particular piece of advice and the results have been unpleasantly predictable.

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