Comments on: The Two Most Annoying Spams I’ve Ever Received http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SasQ http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-133610 SasQ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:00:19 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-133610 The reason for sending this kind of spam with useless content is simple: they want to stuff [poison?] antispam Bayesian filters, which are based on the frequency of ocurrence of words. If the Bayesian filter is feed up with random words, especially "not spam-like", and the filter associates it with spam, it starts to work bad, wrongly marking normal messages as spam, so the user is more likely to turn it off at all [and let the REAL spam messages to get in]. The reason for sending this kind of spam with useless content is simple: they want to stuff [poison?] antispam Bayesian filters, which are based on the frequency of ocurrence of words. If the Bayesian filter is feed up with random words, especially “not spam-like”, and the filter associates it with spam, it starts to work bad, wrongly marking normal messages as spam, so the user is more likely to turn it off at all [and let the REAL spam messages to get in].

]]> By: GameProducer.Net » Spammers Sure Have Something to Learn About Marketing http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-111008 GameProducer.Net » Spammers Sure Have Something to Learn About Marketing Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:08:25 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-111008 [...] Have these guys something to do with this spam? [...] [...] Have these guys something to do with this spam? [...]

]]> By: Juuso - Game Producer http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-102505 Juuso - Game Producer Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:33:32 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-102505 Must be unix people ;) Must be unix people ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-102233 Anonymous Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:12:19 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-102233 I just got that email! From: Yolanda Staples, no subject, and then the message was just "Pingvin." I was quite confused, so I googled it, and found this site. If the whole point is just to mess with people, than I suppose it's really rather clever. I just got that email! From: Yolanda Staples, no subject, and then the message was just “Pingvin.” I was quite confused, so I googled it, and found this site. If the whole point is just to mess with people, than I suppose it’s really rather clever.

]]> By: Juuso - Game Producer http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-85566 Juuso - Game Producer Wed, 30 May 2007 05:30:31 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-85566 Hah, thanks! :) Hah, thanks! :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-85419 Anonymous Tue, 29 May 2007 18:43:22 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-85419 pingvin :) pingvin

:)

]]> By: Juuso - Game Producer http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-84922 Juuso - Game Producer Mon, 28 May 2007 05:15:41 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-84922 Serkan: :) Chetrusca: Could be, could be.. Serkan: :)

Chetrusca: Could be, could be..

]]> By: Chetrusca Vladislav http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-84701 Chetrusca Vladislav Sun, 27 May 2007 11:50:57 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-84701 Probably the person who sent you the email is either from Russia or Ukraine, or just speaks russian, because russian word "pingvin" is "penguin" in english. Probably the person who sent you the email is either from Russia or Ukraine, or just speaks russian, because russian word “pingvin” is “penguin” in english.

]]> By: Serkan Ensoner http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/comment-page-1/#comment-84673 Serkan Ensoner Sun, 27 May 2007 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/2007/05/27/the-two-most-annoying-spams-ive-ever-received/#comment-84673 I'm sorry that I was laughing while I was reading. It's quite annoying as it is funny. I’m sorry that I was laughing while I was reading. It’s quite annoying as it is funny.

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