[Cialug] SPAM question

[Stephen Hawkins]

Matt,

On Wednesday 02 August 2006 09:20, Matt Patterson wrote:
> 2 reasons that I can think of....
>
> 1) The stock image spams  (the most popular of the image spams)  are the
> typical pump and dump scams.  There is no direct action from the email like
> a link to click.  They expect you to go out and purchase the stock on your
> own to cash in the 'good deal'

The email is just jibberish.  Their is no deal.

>
> 2) They like to annoy you.   Believe it or not, there is a certain amount
> of spam that is sent out to simply annoy you and the anti-spam companies. 
> Taking up valuable time creating rules for messages that do basically
> nothing, but keep your phones ringing from unhappy customers.

This has to be it, as I can see no other purpose for the few that get through.

Steve
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