I think that my e-mail to spam ratio is something like 1:100. I wish I could read my e-mail the way I used to. Here at MIT we have all kinds of anti-spam magic happening of course. But the spam must go through!
With all of the odd random names and subject lines that spammers use to pass through normal anti-spam defenses, it would be nice if I could achieve inspiration every day through their semantic gumbo algorithms. Like, maybe instead of the subject line "It drug induces sense" or "Make her worship you," or else the completely random ones like "trample" or "nifty once," there could occassionally be positive spam with the subject line, "John, have a great day!" or "Mistakes happen John. Cheer up!" It could be a new class of "healthy choice" spam.
In the last month I've cancelled my PayPal account as well as my e-Bay account because I was tired of wondering whether the clever phishing notes were real or not. If even a pro can't tell anymore, I have great concern over what's happening out there with these kind of predatorial e-mail messages hitting newbie inboxes. I pray for healthy spam to prevail over the dirty, greasy spam that continues to ooze all over the world.
Posted by maeda at July 9, 2006 12:17 PM