Like everyone, I receive “word salad” spam. By “word salad,” I mean spam that uses words and phrases from other sources that go together and make sense to try and get past a Bayesian filter. I’ve just received a Star Trek word salad spam. This is a first. The subject line, as it arrived: PicardContinue reading “Boldly Going Where No Word Salad Has Gone Before”
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On the Joys of Comment Spammery
The worst part about keeping a blog is the comment spam. Spam is a fact of life online. Junk e-mail is a bane of existence. But the worst thing of all is comment spam. Comment spam works like this. Someone posts a comment in your blog advertising something. It could be a weight loss program.Continue reading “On the Joys of Comment Spammery”
On Stupid Spammer Morons
I received a report via e-mail. 404 errors. A lot of 404 errors. What’s a 404 error? Chances are you’ve seen one. You may not realize what it is, though. What a 404 error means is that the page you’re looking for can’t be found. Doesn’t exist. It’s that simple. Or, it could be thatContinue reading “On Stupid Spammer Morons”
On Receiving Unwanted Spam
Anyone who has an e-mail address receives spam. Depending on your filtering methods, you may see very little of it, or you may see a lot. Earlier this week I received a message from Kevin Kline. He was trying to interest me in some thing or the other. I don’t recall, exactly. What I doContinue reading “On Receiving Unwanted Spam”