Comments on: Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/25/spam-spam-spam-spam-2/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Greg Samson http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/25/spam-spam-spam-spam-2/comment-page-1/#comment-64740 Greg Samson Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:01:49 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/25/spam-spam-spam-spam-2/#comment-64740 I don't see that it's particularly effective, either. I figured it was worth a shot, signed up, installed the Thunderbird plugin, and forwarded them 2-3 weeks worth of spam as it arrived. I also used a 'dumb' (non-rendering) browser to check up on sites mentioned in the spam bodies. As far as I could tell, there was zero effect on the sites promoted in the spam - checking back on them as the weeks wore on still showed the spammer sites at the URLs provided. It seems like a nice idea - I'm sure it makes a lot of people feel like they're doing something about spam - but barely any actual effective implementation that I saw. I uninstalled the plugin and haven't been back. I don’t see that it’s particularly effective, either.

I figured it was worth a shot, signed up, installed the Thunderbird plugin, and forwarded them 2-3 weeks worth of spam as it arrived. I also used a ‘dumb’ (non-rendering) browser to check up on sites mentioned in the spam bodies. As far as I could tell, there was zero effect on the sites promoted in the spam – checking back on them as the weeks wore on still showed the spammer sites at the URLs provided.

It seems like a nice idea – I’m sure it makes a lot of people feel like they’re doing something about spam – but barely any actual effective implementation that I saw. I uninstalled the plugin and haven’t been back.

]]> By: Mwalimu Daudi http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/25/spam-spam-spam-spam-2/comment-page-1/#comment-64737 Mwalimu Daudi Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:55:41 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/25/spam-spam-spam-spam-2/#comment-64737 I don't see what all the fuss is about. Really - I did not expect this kind of Spanish Inquisition! <strong>WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!!</strong> "Noooooooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise......." I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Really – I did not expect this kind of Spanish Inquisition!

WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!!

“Noooooooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise…….”

]]> By: Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/25/spam-spam-spam-spam-2/comment-page-1/#comment-64732 Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:40:20 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/25/spam-spam-spam-spam-2/#comment-64732 Doesn't seem like a new idea, although I am not familiar with this particular group. Doesn’t seem like a new idea, although I am not familiar with this particular group.

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