Damned Viri...

[hot_pastrami]

Originally posted by juju
What in the world is the point of these? I'm worrying that they're attempting to fool my SpamAssassin program.

I figure these have a dual purpose... one, they confirm that the e-mail address is valid, because the message doesn't bounce back. Two, they fuck up Bayesian spam filters, which learn to link certain words to real e-mail vs. spam. Unfortunately, spammers have some very clever, unscrupulous people working for them.

Though my home network is not infected, for the past few days, my Internet connection has been slower than a sumo wrestler going up a greased pole. The ISP's servers must be getting pretty hammered by MyDoom.