Re: [OFFTOPIC] Spamcop

[Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Gerhard Mack wrote:

> I just don't get it.. I undertand avoiding detection by hosting
> intermediate pages on dialup.. I understand obfuscated links to real
> pages.  But I just don't understand why in the hell anyone would avoid a
> spam filter and email the exact sort of person who could cause them
> major headachs.

Rule #3, spammers are stupid.

> But then If Alan Ralsky is any indicator they think they are invincable
> though I don't understand that attitude either considering how many
> privacy options are enabled on his cell phone.

Last month Alan Ralsky even did an interview with msnbc:

| http://www.msnbc.com/news/792491.asp
| Mr. Ralsky appears in all his glory, front and center.

Some reactions from the SPAM-L mailing list:

| I always imagined Spamsky to be a pimply-faced teenager, rather than a
| poster-wrinkly for the utter failure of his anti-aging-stuff.

| If you look real closely you can see the tip of his huge penis,
| his massive breasts, his millions of dollars of overnight wealth,
| his ....

cheers,

Rik
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