>>I'm just curious what the point is. Can anyone tell me what the spammers >>are trying to accomplish? I get several like this every day, with just a >>bunch of unrelated words and no invitation to buy anything. > >I've always assumed it was to test for valid email addresses. People >would reply with a WTF? response, and prove to the spammer that the >address is good and the people read all their junk. > >Of course, I'm not sure of the logic of that compared to just sending the >spam ad directly... but then I've long since given up trying to figure >out the logic of spammers.
I asked this question on the Mac-L list a week or so ago and the consensus there was spammers are using a combination of existing words in nonsense order (as opposed to non words such as V!agra) in order to fool spam blocking filters to block legitimate messages that use some of these words (but in meaningful sentences) to the point where users are complaining so much that they are losing real mail intended for them that the ISPs will drop the spam filters. I get tons of these. Cheers. bevon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
