[pchelpers] Re: Gibberish body in email

  • From: "Jonathan Setcer" <jsetcer@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:44:45 -0600

I have wondered "why the random words?".  Is it just to get past Spam
blocking programs?

Inquiring minds need to know

J.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis M Hall" <lhall1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Gibberish body in email


> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset="Windows-1252"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> BlankDo any of you get spam email with gibberish such as =
> here:??????????????
>
> "growth dailey gaulle homogeneous disjunct profundity anecdotal spooky =
> set belfry apart chaplaincy pasteboard graveyard facile beechwood =
> teacart micrography terrace opec madman symptom staunton detente =
> abdominal fascicle cinderella edgerton claim down encapsulate terrapin =
> microbial iowa beauregard camp "
>
> There was an image with it that made this spam appear to be a =
> solicitation for a device where you could freeload cable tv. I get about =
> one a week with this sort of gibberish.
>
> It seems to come from a long past bigfoot email address which I remember =
> their server had lots of problems with address listing spammers.
>
>
>
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> -- Type: image/gif
> -- File: Blank Bkgrd.gif
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