ASCII art spam

chris cb at mythtech.net
Tue Apr 12 12:37:47 CDT 2005


>> The next generation of spam filters needs to start doing spell
>> checking.  If more then a certain number of words don't match the
>> dictionary file, then it is rejected.
>
>Men det har problemer med annen spraaker.  Si le dictionnaire ne
>contient pas la langue dans laquelle le courriel est ecrit....

You people REALLY need to start paying attention to emoticons and learn 
to read the sarcasm between the lines. :-p

The point was a joke. Collateral damage causing loss of email with 
spelling errors was supposed to be a good thing. Following the same JOKE 
logic, loss of any email that I can't understand (including other 
languages, mathematical formulas, or most everything Tony Duell talks 
about since it all goes way over my head), may also be good thing. ;-)


Besides have you interacted with anyone under 18 via email recently? 
Maybe filtering on spelling errors IS a good thing! =:-O

:-)

(watch out for those emoticons, they are the only way in email to point 
out jokes and sarcasm).

-ps: this email was spell checked by Claris Emailer 2.0v3 that doesn't 
know "email", "spam", "emoticons", "Duell", "ps", and "2.0v3" are all 
acceptable.

-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>



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