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MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 3863
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:49 pm: | 
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Lately, I have been getting about 3 or 4 messages PER DAY like the following.
The Sender and subject are always different, so it's not possible to add them to spam filters.
Does anyone know what this is & how to stop them?
From Trey Kidd <tminnieinglorious@austlii.edu.au>
Date 2006/04/11 Tue AM 05:48:02 GMT
To "David.martens" <david.martens@verizon.net>
Subject Anderson but alpheratz
and a good many kisses and said that as her object
and I saw tears in them Tell me what it is she said in a low voice I think shall I be quite plain
and dreamed of ancient blaine Akers and friendship backside
and dreamed of ancient bravo Donahue and friendship gypsy
who had a tall white hat on with a narrow flat brim and whose close fitting drab trousers
tarantula world I had emerged by another door and stood in the street for a little while
common drew to an end and the time came for my leaving egg
Heres a genlmn behind me Ill pound it said Dan as has bred em by wholesale I knew you immediately I said but you are more easily remembered All this time Mr Marquez had his glance upon her as she sat by his own mattsons
Being then in a pleasant frame of mind from which I infer that poisoning is not always
Say Not he You might drag him at the heels of four wild horses first Mama said Mrs Strong
thoughts in connexion with her as to be quite absorbed He now asked what Mr Jack Adair
upon my freedom than the before mentioned thinking and looking about me and a pledge to write
would haveexpressed more to me or moved me more We were to drink tea at the bifurcates
said the avionic warble resignedly that of course he gave up altogether when hbegan to lay the cloth for my dinner in a box by the fire While he was so engaged
Birds is got wery shy Im told said Glen So I understand said I
Suppose you were to go down into the old part of the country again for instance and see that
the boys out like so many caged sparrows
Not now mama she pleaded in a low tone My knapp you absolutely are on some subject
Do I gather from what you say maam that Mr Valentine is ill asked Mr Booker
Then I saw as though all the intervening time had been cancelled and I were still standing
I was glad Jacqueline ideas of being a young man at my own disposal of the
The impending shadow of a great affliction and a great disgrace that had no distinct form in it yet
the place where I had sat in the sun and in the shade waiting for my money
Her hand passed softly before my lips while I was yet speaking and in a moment she had met
Ill replied the cavern alway My bushnell sir hes all sorts of things
and putting them through all kinds of contortions in his small pantry
Here among pillows enough for six I soon fell asleep in a blissful condition
The vulpine was very fond of music Alejandra sang with great sweetness and expres an invitation I was only too proud and happy to accept It being now pretty late
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From Pat Mcdonald <cconradadvance@central.murdoch.edu.au>
Date 2006/04/11 Tue AM 06:41:09 GMT
To xxxxxxxx@verizon.net>
Subject Re: Fredric the water
rumbling out of the barrington gong of log jovanovich
with a fast beating heart and said Stovall wont you speak to me
to my opinions on any subject and the waiter being familiar with me and offering advice
Oh that was as a child or a schoolboy said I laughing in my turn not without being a
And what the oxen do you meanHendrixMr Mata into a promethean
who had got the fidgets in his legs and was twisting them and hitting them
Ill replied the circular ambulant My angus sir hes all sorts of things
Well now said the waiter in a tone of confidence what would you like for dinnerTerri I tell you what my alongside said my aunt one morning in the wife and her motherThe interceptor who made as much of my going away as if I were going to
and walking about arm in arm the livelong day Annie thus addressed made no reply
be wanted on some business By Uriah said Sidney Yes and the sense of being unfit for
Well sir said the waiter with an apologetic air Mr Darling iselba coke
link lighted parallelepiped strugglingboothwound muddy
might see the faceof his old pupil reddening in the blaze I shall not see many Cameron
old boy dont be overpowered And yet he was glad too I thought to see how the delighthouse had not been like itself sinceI had left it I am sure I am not like myself when I am away said
a very obdurate butcher as he stood scraping the great block in the shop and moreover
for I saw a faint blush in her face you would have let me find it out for myself
be wanted on some business By Uriah said Maura Yes and the sense of being unfit for
I had in meeting him affected me I brushed away the tears that my leopard resolution
my weary journey I had abundant occupation for my thoughts in every conspicuous
repeated question What I would like to be But I had no particular liking that I could discover
But now I mean to do it returned the shill My first master will succeed me
demeanour He never made a suggestion but once and on that occasion I dont know what put
shut up in themselves a hundred years together and of the trim smooth grass plot and the stone urns
were treacherous to him and with resentment against those who injured him
The impending shadow of a great affliction and a great disgrace that had no distinct form in it yet
said Shawna shaking her head His hand trembles his speech is not plain and his eyes
There are worse tasks than that in my calling
But Kristophernow suddenly lifting up her eyes to mine and speaking in a different manner Why you have always been in earnest said Tameka laughing again
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Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 578
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:02 pm: |
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It's program-created spam...if the subject line doesn't make any sense...don't open it.
depending on your mail program you may be able to block any messages from that senders domain...
I know microsoft entourage for mac does it |
Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1673
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:04 pm: |
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I have the same problem, and I have yet to figure out how to get Apple Mail to block it. It's been driving me crazy too. |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2846
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:07 pm: |
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MHD, is it always from an australian college? You might be able to block edu.au (I assume you don't correspond with too many Australian co-eds  ) |
Glock 17
Citizen
Username: Glock17
Post Number: 579
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:08 pm: |
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If youhave office suite for mac...you definitely want to switch your mail program to entourage...MUCH better...it currently filters ALL messages like that...you may want to check once in a while though because, as with any filter, good mail can get caught as well |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2848
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:18 pm: |
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MHD, was there any component that was actual spam, or just unsolicited email?
Many spammers use text from books, poetry, or random words to fool bayesian filters (filters that look at the content, not just the from and subject lines). Often they will hide the text by making it white or a white background, or very small, or some other trick to make it unreadable. But if your mail reader doesn't cooperate, or if the spammer is lazy, the text will be completely visible.
Someone could be testing Verizon's spam catching capabilities, if there was no pitch or attachment in the emails. |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 3864
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:22 pm: |
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Rastro,
Not sure if it always from an Australian college. I need to double check that. I get so much mail from Australian co-eds, I'd hate to block by domain. 
Funny...when I read the mail with a Web Browser, the content appears to be a solicitation for buying stock. However, when I copy/paste the text, all that copies is the garbage above. |
Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1677
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:27 pm: |
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I invested a small amount of time on this. If I remember correctly after viewing the header on these emails (I usually get a couple of them at the same time) the domain changes. Which is what prevented me from being able to block by domain.
I just need some time to do more work on it. I keep thinking Apple's Mail would LEARN that these are spam, but it appears that it's spam filtering engine isn't smart enough to catch it. Also Apple Mail's filtering engine doesn't appear to be configurable to filter out by domain. I think I need to do the filter on my router (or download and run some other application), which I find even more annoying. |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2850
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:41 pm: |
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MHD, that's what I was talking about. They use the additional text to keep the mail from getting properly filtered. When you view it in a browser, the text color is probably set to whatever the background is. When you copy it, the text color is not copied.
Look up Bayesian Filter in wikipedia to see what they are trying to accomplish. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 13579
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:54 pm: |
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The commercial enticement is probably an image that looks like text, but it's not characters, so to speak. It's currently nearly impossible for spam detectors to know which images are spam, so it looks at the texts of messages. The text above doesn't fit a pattern, which is why the spam detector can't catch it. The spam generating program takes random words and chain them together to make sure they don't fit a pattern.
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TomD
Citizen
Username: Tomd
Post Number: 400
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 5:14 pm: |
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At least part of it is David Copperfield. You gotta admire the creativity of the spammers, the bastards.
The best advice you could get would probably to stop using the verizon.net em. Switch to something with (I believe) beter spam filters such as gmail or yahoo mail. You get the additional advantage of not being tied to Verizon should you ever want to change your ISP. |
Monster©
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 2785
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 7:26 pm: |
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One thing to check off in your mail rules in OS 10.4.X is the check box for
Trust junk mail headers set by my Internet Service Provider, if your ISP uses a mail analysis tool such as SpamAssassin or BrightMail, Mail will leverage that service.
If in Panther try creating a new rule using the Message is Junk Mail setting, also try subject and content rules with the content is equal too setting, this might take a lot of tweaking and adding new lines to the rule.
You can install spamassassin on OS X Client, you don't need to be running server
http://www.numbski.net/softs/spamass-milter.html
http://aplawrence.com/MacOSX/macosxspamassassin.html
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/SpamAssassin.shtml
You can use SpamSieve, http://c-command.com/spamsieve/
or SpamSweep too, http://www.bainsware.com/spamsweep/ |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 13586
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:10 pm: |
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I agree with TomD! Verizon offers really bad email service. Their DSL connectivity is fine, so stick with that if you like.
gmail's spam filters are excellent.
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