On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > SPAM: -------------------- Start SpamAssassin results ---------------------- > SPAM: See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. > SPAM: > SPAM: Content analysis details: (12.3 hits, 5 required) > SPAM: Hit! (0.6 points) From: does not include a real name > SPAM: Hit! (4.3 points) BODY: Mutated Nigerian scams, cf >http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm > SPAM: Hit! (3.0 points) BODY: Nigerian widow needs your help, cf >http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm > SPAM: Hit! (2.4 points) BODY: Nigerian scam key phrase > SPAM: Hit! (2.0 points) Forged juno.com 'Received:' header found > SPAM: > SPAM: -------------------- End of SpamAssassin results --------------------- > > > I remember a story about a guy who wanted a secret Swiss bank account. He > flew to Zurich and told his desires to a taxi cab driver. The taxi driver > took the guy's money, made all the arrangements, and gave the guy a > sealed envelope with the instructions - "Do not open this until after you > board the aircraft". > Once safely on board, the guy opened the envelope and took out a small > piece of paper. It read, "Congratulations. You are account number one". > > I guess this sender doesn't grasp the fact that DOS email lists are not > the best places to search for greedy people who are not suspicious of get > rich schemes. > > And just when I was almost convinced that there was no way I could share > DNA with a snake ... > > <G> > > Bob > > > ------------------
<snip text of Nigerian scam> When you quote spam, your entire e-mail is treated as such. I just dug this one out of my "spamfolder," but others may not have seen it at all since some ISPs have taken to trashing such things directly so their customers never have to see them. Those without filters got to download and delete the original, and then they got to download the entire thing again with your appended story. Of the 45 e-mails I got that day, 20 were parsed and thrown immediately into the bit bucket by procmail, and 11 (including yours) were flagged as spam and routed to the spam file. If you quote spam, your entire e-mail is processed as spam, i.e., it *becomes* spam. -- Steve Ackman http://twoloonscoffee.com (Need green beans?) http://twovoyagers.com (glass, linux & other stuff)
