Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-08 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello marybull, On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:48:09 -0600 GMT (08/01/2004, 00:48 +0700 GMT), marybull wrote: T When you view the original message, go to View / Follow-up to. Copy T the references by highliting them and hitting crtl-C. There is no Follow-up on my View menu. [...] So I copied the

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-08 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Kitty, On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 19:20:33 -0600 GMT (08/01/2004, 08:20 +0700 GMT), Kitty wrote: AdG It's just a new spammers trick to circumvent Bayesian filter AdG detection. Press F9 to see the raw message body and you most AdG probably will find an HTML-ized URL like this one: Bingo. Had a

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-08 Thread marybull
Hello Thomas! On Thursday, January 08, 2004, 10:16 AM, you wrote: TF I see Andre has helped you out while I was indeed sleeping! TF Happy New Year to you too, and may all your mails be threaded properly TF without much effort and your spam limited to a minimum. ;-) Absolutely minimum effort

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-08 Thread Arjan de Groot
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 19:20:33 -0600, Kitty wrote: It's just a new spammers trick to circumvent Bayesian filter detection. Press F9 to see the raw message body and you most probably will find an HTML-ized URL like this one: Bingo. Had a message like that and when I did F9 the below popped up. I

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread marybull
Hello Nick! On Tuesday, January 06, 2004, 7:12 PM, you wrote: N Hello Mary, N Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 5:38:22 PM, you wrote: M ... I've seen a lot more of M these two kinds of [Spam] mails, lately. N Mary, I just noticed your Posting and saw that it was orphaned... in N that there is no

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello marybull, On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 05:59:45 -0600 GMT (07/01/2004, 18:59 +0700 GMT), marybull wrote: SO: I create a Reply window, with quoted message in old account Mary Bull. Then I create a New message window in new account marybull. Then I cp message body, subject:, and to: fields to the

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread marybull
Hello Thomas! On Wednesday, January 07, 2004, 10:28 AM, you wrote: SO: I create a Reply window, with quoted message in old account Mary Bull. Then I create a New message window in new account marybull. Then I cp message body, subject:, and to: fields to the New window. T I don't know what

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread Andre Wichartz
Hello marybull, On 7 Jan 2004 at 11:48:09 -0600 GMT [18:48 CET] you wrote: m There is no Follow-up on my View menu. Yes. It used to be called follow-up but was changed some time back. It's now called 'references'. m It does, under Headers, in the main account view menu, let me put m References

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread Andre Wichartz
Hello marybull, On 7 Jan 2004 at 05:59:45 -0600 GMT [12:59 CET] you wrote: m SO: I create a Reply window, with quoted message in old account Mary m Bull. Then I create a New message window in new account marybull. Then m I cp message body, subject:, and to: fields to the New window. m I proceed

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread marybull
Hello Andre! On Wednesday, January 07, 2004, 1:03 PM, you wrote: snip m There is no Follow-up on my View menu. A Yes. It used to be called follow-up but was changed some time back. It's A now called 'references'. snip m So I copied the References and put them in the proper place. A That

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread marybull
Hello Andre, Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 1:02:51 PM, you wrote: snip m I proceed in the New window to my answer, and from marybull I'm able m to Send. AW Ok. Try this: Look at the very bottom of the reply window. You'll see AW several fields filled with different text. At the right there is

Re[2]: Unusual spam

2004-01-07 Thread Nick Gordon
Hi Batpersons, On or about, Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 12:18:07 AM, we have reason to believe that Joseph N. wrote: JN Techniques like you described are common devices intended to fool spam JN tools that analyze text content in message bodies. Usually, though, JN words like you described are

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread Andre Wichartz
Hello marybull, On 7 Jan 2004 at 13:28:23 -0600 GMT [20:28 CET] you wrote: m Yes! roflol joy joy joy Yes! Yes! Thank you!! *g* You're welcome. Glad I could be of help. m I think so. I'm indebted to you for life. What do you want for a m Valentine's Day present? Oh, I don't know. I would say

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread Andre Wichartz
Hello marybull, On 7 Jan 2004 at 13:21:50 -0600 GMT [20:21 CET] you wrote: m Thank you for the feedback. Since Thomas Fernandez is on the other m side of the world, 12 hours ahead of my local time, I think he has m probably long ago gone to bed--it being a school-and-work-night for m him, most

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread marybull
Hello Andre! On Wednesday, January 07, 2004, 4:41 PM, you wrote: m What do you want for a Valentine's Day present? A Oh, I don't know. I would say your mail was enough. When I read it it was A already dark here but I could feel the sunshine. You certainly managed A to make a big smile appear on

Re: Orphaned Post [was Unusual spam]

2004-01-07 Thread marybull
Hello Andre, Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 4:42:35 PM, you wrote: m ... I wasn't really expecting any more help on this until tomorrow m [since Thomas Fernandez's time is 12 hours ahead of mine]. AW That's the beautiful thing about an international list like this: It's AW never night - at least

Re[2]: Unusual spam

2004-01-07 Thread Kitty
Hello Arjan, Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 6:24:11 PM, you wrote: AdG On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:44:23 -0600, Kitty wrote: First, I get several messages a day from a variety of different supposed authors that just have random words and nothing else. I don't really understand the purpose of this spam

Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Kitty
On one of my accounts, actually the one for my workplace, I get some unusual (to me anyway) spam and wondered if anyone had any thoughts on how to filter it out. There are two variants of this. First, I get several messages a day from a variety of different supposed authors that just have random

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Matt Thoene
On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 @ 2:44:23 PM [-0700], Kitty wrote: addition congruent malnourished masterpiece patterson planetaria legacy washboard coerce prognosticate rose edison burr bedim venturesome attica mutton seller propel duff varsity shields ingrate mcclain continual memorabilia Is

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Peter Ouwehand
Hello Kitty, on Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:44:23 -0600 (2004-01-06 23:44:23 in .nl) in the message with reference mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] you [] wrote (at least in part): K addition congruent malnourished masterpiece patterson planetaria legacy washboard K coerce prognosticate rose edison burr bedim

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Chris
On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 5:44:23 PM, Kitty wrote in the message Unusual spam mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: First, I get several messages a day from a variety of different supposed authors that just have random words and nothing else. I don't really understand the purpose of this spam unless

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Mark Partous
Hello Kitty, Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 11:44:23 PM, you wrote: K On one of my accounts, actually the one for my workplace, I get some K unusual (to me anyway) spam and wondered if anyone had any thoughts on K how to filter it out. I stopped trying (it worked rather good, but I had to keep

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Joseph N.
Kitty, On Tuesday, January 06, 2004, Kitty wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: First, I get several messages a day from a variety of different supposed authors that just have random words and nothing else. Techniques like you described are common devices intended to fool spam tools that

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Arjan de Groot
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:44:23 -0600, Kitty wrote: First, I get several messages a day from a variety of different supposed authors that just have random words and nothing else. I don't really understand the purpose of this spam unless it is to just see if the mail bounces back or something.

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread marybull
Hello , Hello Mark! On Tuesday, January 06, 2004, 5:21 PM, you wrote: K I don't really understand the purpose of this spam unless it is to just K see if the mail bounces back or something. M Most of the time there's an HTML part too. Perhaps you have completely M disabled HTML view? M I think

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread MAU
Hello Arjan, First, I get several messages a day from a variety of different supposed authors that just have random words and nothing else. I don't really understand the purpose of this spam unless it is to just see if the mail bounces back or something. It's just a new spammers trick to

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Nick Andriash
Hello Mary, Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 5:38:22 PM, you wrote: Anyway, just thought I'd confirm to Kitty that I've seen a lot more of these two kinds of mails, lately. Mary, I just noticed your Posting and saw that it was orphaned... in that there is no In-Reply-To header that I could see. I

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Chris
On Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 8:12:46 PM, Nick Andriash wrote in the message Unusual spam mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mary, I just noticed your Posting and saw that it was orphaned... in that there is no In-Reply-To header that I could see. I also of course noticed that you are using The Bat so I

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Greg Strong
Hello MAU, Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 7:03:44 PM, MAU wrote: It's just a new spammers trick to circumvent Bayesian filter detection. M Well, they haven't circumvented my POPFile yet. Popfile was working great for me also. I decided to use APOP on some of my accounts. Unfortunately PopFile and

Re: Unusual spam

2004-01-06 Thread Dean
Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 7:12:46 PM, you wrote: NA Mary, I just noticed your Posting and saw that it was orphaned... in NA that there is no In-Reply-To header that I could see. I also of course NA noticed that you are using The Bat so I wonder why there was no header NA