Re: SPAM mail subject line

Be grateful it is there:  it can help you identify spam.  One of my email 
filters identifies a message as probable spam if the subject line ends in a 
sequence of three or more (hexa)decimal digits.

At 11:56 AM 07/30/02, you wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 11:10:46AM -0500, Mike Taylor wrote:
> > I'm sure you've all seen many SPAM mail messages that contain strange
> > numbers/characters at the end of the subject line.
> >
> > It will look something like this:
> >
> > GET OUT OF DEBT NOW!!!!      xe30558311
> >
> > Anyone know why spammers do this?  Is this a means to control bouncebacks
> > (i.e. having a program that searches the subject line for that character
> > string) or is it for some other use?

Chuck Upsdell
Email:     cupsdell(at)upsdell.com
Website:   http://www.upsdell.com/

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