Forget The Lump Of Coal, We're All Getting Spam For The Holidays
from the just-what-we-didn't-ask-for... dept
It's the holiday season, and that can only mean... more spam? That's right, it shouldn't be any surprise, but spammers are gearing up to send out even more spam for the holiday season. Of course, this is ridiculous. It's not actually the holiday season that's causing more spam, but it's an excuse for more spam. If you hadn't noticed, spam has been increasing consistently, no matter what the season. Earlier this year, we pointed out that spammers would pick up on a random news story as an excuse to send more spam. So, yes, of course we'll be seeing more spam for the holidays, but it's just the latest reason for spammers to bump up the number of annoying messages they send us.
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In any case, the most popular gift of the season might be a spam filter - I recommend the Bayesian variety for best results.
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spam alert
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I stopped reading mail on November 11...
Easy solution really.
...and no, the paris hilton video didn't cause and increase in SPAM, it caused and increas in materail being made available on P2P networks.
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Happy with my filter...
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Get the Mighty Flue Cleaner! Two for the price of
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