Suppose that depends on how

pr0gr4mm3r — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:21:00 +0000

Suppose that depends on how firm their ad campaign is

decibel.places

greg — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:29:00 +0000

decibel.places wrote:

Viagra spam has a slim profit margin.

Suppose that depends on how firm their ad campaign is

Recently PC World ran a

decibel.places — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:29:14 +0000

Recently PC World ran a story about how spammers succeed once in 1.3 million (or some similar number) of messages.

Also, in case you were wondering, Viagra spam has a slim profit margin.

Makes you feel sorry for them

ahh, Yahoo... Inbox (3) Spam

greg — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:56:00 +0000

ahh, Yahoo...

Inbox (3)
Spam (2345656)

spammers wont stop as they don't think about how effective their methods are, nor do they care imo.
They just send thousands of emails a day in the vain hope that they will get a small return.

It's the same mentality as car salesmen (car salespeople/persons??)
They still rub their hands together when approaching you telling you why you have to buy each car you stand next to. You can go from a tiny 3 door 1.3litre hatchback to a 3.5litre V6 and they tell you for both cars "Yes sir, that really suits you"

Ooh sir, suits you sir, suits you...Ooh

Spammers are not a new thing, it's just a certain mentality and breed of person, and spammers are that person that have simply taken to the internet, rather than a salesman or them going into politics...

I use Yahoo Mail Beta as my

decibel.places — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:50:36 +0000

I use Yahoo Mail Beta as my "public" email, I've had the account for over 10 years, and I get about 10-20 spams in my inbox per day (but hundreds go to my spam folder), usually I get my real mail with no problem, even from domains no in my address book. I also set a few of the filters for choice words or phrases, such as "xxx" and some words not used in polite company...

Another tactic is disposable email addresses and I think Gmail lets you create addon email addresses but I haven't tried them.

Here are more methods to eliminate spam.

My inbox has about 100 spams

citymaniac — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:08:32 +0000

My inbox has about 100 spams per day.

How to get rid!

thank you

Mr City

I get spam on a daily basis,

ms2134 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:52:15 +0000

I get spam on a daily basis, but heck... Who doesnt?

It is lame, stupid and just not wanted, we all hate it.

Maybe a site for spammers would keep a few under control... Oh no!, it would not work because their job is to annoy, harrass and con many people or organizations.

I got attacked once, but server dropped the connections. I was safe.

~ Mike

I can't find the www version

decibel.places — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:14:22 +0000

I can't find the www version of that article, but I read that following the link to the phioshing site and submitting the form with abusive input triggers a counter-attack

I also read that email addresses beginning with "a" get the most spam, and it is distributed by letter frequency...

More about email spam, but some interesting reading:

Spammers Profit From One in Every 12.5 Milion People

Study: Viagra Spam Is Profitable, but Margins Are Tight

Botnets Scramble for New Host
The shutdown of a hosting firm that served cybercrooks is giving spam a brief break as botnets relocate. 14-Nov-2008

Don't Be Dragooned Into the Botnet Army
A favorite multipurpose weapon of online thieves is growing larger and more powerful, according to those who combat the threat. 28-Oct-2008

Apart from giving his

pr0gr4mm3r — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:55:51 +0000

Apart from giving his members a laugh I doubt that Coppermine bloke is going to get through to the spammers.

I would agree. Spammers continue to operate, even on very small conversion rates because of how much they send out. The only thing they have invested in the operation is the time they took to develop the bots.

Extra points for incorrect

JeevesBond — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:34:00 +0000

Extra points for incorrect spelling of 'post' there pr0gr4mm3r

As pr0gr4mm3r is demonstrating: we have seen people who post on the forums that don't even check to see if their links are appearing. Probably done by bots.

Apart from giving his members a laugh I doubt that Coppermine bloke is going to get through to the spammers.