Reply to: Weird spam

[darmstadt]

I didn't understand the one I got either:

I came across your Profile and read it with interest as we are searching for a Firmware Developer with Assembler that seem to match your skills. The details are as follows:

Project Start: immediate
Project Duration: Limited Permanent Role
Languages: English

Tasks:

§ Firmware development of semiconductor components using
§ Assembler for protocol processing
§ Maintain firmware development environment
§ Support integration on FPGA and chip
§ Progress reporting and documentation of deliverables

Skills:

§ Very good in Assembly
§ Linux Android Development
§ Firmware development for embedded systems
§ Hardware development in simulation environments is advantageous
§ Clearcase experience is a plus
§ Chip or microcontroller knowhow is beneficial

[DaveB]

I enjoyed using that until the novelty wore off.

I was later told that using it didn't serve any useful purpose, but can't remember the technical details.

There is a thread discussion exactly this here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread...rt=15&tstart=0

One poster offered a way to resonate the functionality via Automator below. It works, but just how useful it is seems to be circumstantial given the discussion not he thread itself.

Edit.

Actually it doesn't, since it appears bounce has been removed from there applescript dictionary as well.

[OwlHoot]

Maybe it's "them" in Cheltenham sending randomly worded test emails to see if these can be intercepted in transit



although that seems rather unlikely, as they'd presumably be discrete enough to use test recipient email addresses

edit: Or maybe it's random "chaff" widely disseminated by dodgy geezers attempting to conceal occasional coded emails of the same general appearance being sent to their real intended recipients and/or to blur the network linkage relationships that intelligence services try and build up.

[mudskipper]

Was the subject "Test <number>"? I've had a few today like that.

Me too.

[Sysman]

and today

The stipes of all aged specimens are generally discarded. B Dragonfly in service.
Hollywood personnel be used. CD1 stakes a formidable claim as the fourth Suede album in its own right.
Lincoln and Booth, as they cope with women, work, poverty, gambling, racism, and their troubled upbringings. Into an age of romance and sentiment hair jewelry gave these craftsmen a good income.
Born near Stamford, Lincoln County, Kentucky on September 21, 1798. The radial engine compounded the problem having its crankshaft high off the hull bottom. December 20 and January 16.

It looks like someone is practising with some language processing software.

IOW expect spam, more spam and yet more spam some time soon.

[Sysman]

Apples mail app used to have a nice feature where you could manually "bounce" an email to make it look as if it had not been delivered.

I enjoyed using that until the novelty wore off.

I was later told that using it didn't serve any useful purpose, but can't remember the technical details.

[vetran]

and today

The stipes of all aged specimens are generally discarded. B Dragonfly in service.
Hollywood personnel be used. CD1 stakes a formidable claim as the fourth Suede album in its own right.
Lincoln and Booth, as they cope with women, work, poverty, gambling, racism, and their troubled upbringings. Into an age of romance and sentiment hair jewelry gave these craftsmen a good income.
Born near Stamford, Lincoln County, Kentucky on September 21, 1798. The radial engine compounded the problem having its crankshaft high off the hull bottom. December 20 and January 16.

[Pondlife]

Was the subject "Test <number>"? I've had a few today like that.

Yup.

[DiscoStu]

You actually open spam?

Outlook seems to open them on my behalf as they arrive!

[DiscoStu]

Was the subject "Test <number>"? I've had a few today like that.

I've had a couple too, my usual spam has attachments I'd rather not open, but these are just a few lines of random text.

[TheFaQQer]

I keep getting emails along the lines of the following in my inbox. What's the point of it?

hi there

Federal law or the law of any State in which such trade or business is conducted. The services in the small towns primarily serve the surrounding community.
During the 1970s he served a stint as a Regents Professor at the University of California, Davis. Vega served his eighth year as Chairman of the Board of Freeholders, the longest serving chairman in county history.
David Arnold, Henry Brecher, Dan Fagre, Ulysses S. Behind their back Tommy calls Nancy's father and informs him that his daughter is dating someone from the college.
The hitman loses his grip and falls to the gym floor below as police sirens are heard. At the same time, Massachusetts numbered the continuation of the road from Connecticut as Route 193. Apart from these classics, about 240 songs written by the Kanaka Dasa are available today.

Was the subject "Test <number>"? I've had a few today like that.

[Fandango]

i just got a weird one

From: Philip Price <[email protected]>

hi there

This was followed by amazing news. At the hotel, Dave and Vince start suspecting each other.
Archaeology and Language, vol. A bright moon fills the river.

[DaveB]

I assume someone is trying to learn the algorithms of the spam systems to work out what will work next time.

Or they have already sussed the algorithms and are now fishing for live accounts. No bounce back = live email address. Expect incoming proper spam very soon.

Apples mail app used to have a nice feature where you could manually "bounce" an email to make it look as if it had not been delivered.

[vetran]

Do spammers get told when their spam email is blocked?

depends there is a mechanism to tell them but many companies don't turn it on to avoid spammers learning the rules.

[d000hg]

I assume someone is trying to learn the algorithms of the spam systems to work out what will work next time.

Do spammers get told when their spam email is blocked?