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  LittleW0lf, 24 Feb 2004 @ 4:21pm

  
  

  Spammers

  You know, enacting the death penalty for spammers would likely fix all these problems. Plus, it would bring the rules of evolution back in line by removing the dumbest portion of our population.
  
  
  
  On a more serious note, obviously the spam checkers aren't working correctly if they catch "cialis" from specialist... Seems a simple regex of " cialis " would capture the correct words while leaving specialist unharmed. Of course, the spam miscreant could just doctor the word to avoid such a filter.

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    LittleW0lf, 24 Feb 2004 @ 4:38pm

    
    

    Re: Spammers

    You know, enacting the death penalty for spammers would likely fix all these problems. Plus, it would bring the rules of evolution back in line by removing the dumbest portion of our population.
    There is supposed to be a silent "sarcasm" tag in here, but I forgot the html nazi strips off the tags... So in the blank space, put </sarcasm>.
    

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    Anonymous Coward, 24 Feb 2004 @ 9:16pm

    
    

    Re: Spammers

    Perhaps instead we should enact the death penalty on people dumb enough to pass on the name "Cockburn".

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      <g>, 24 Feb 2004 @ 9:52pm

      
      

      Re: Spammers

      or Pecker

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    Matt, 25 Feb 2004 @ 5:38am

    
    

    Re: Spammers

    it might remove "cialis", but it wouldn't get "!!==>>cialis==!!" ;-)
    
    he should get his company to rename his email to the internet standard c0ckburn

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  slim, 25 Feb 2004 @ 7:16am

  
  

  badly formatted spam filter

  "his company has problems with his email because it bans the word "specialist" (which is in his title) because it includes the name of the drug "cialis" in the middle of the word"
  
  His email administrator is an idiot: He's probably using Mail Essentials 5 on an Exchange server; settings in the program can be made to catch "cialis" but not "specialist."
  
  Secondly, just because the dope's name is Cockburn, doesn't mean his email address has to be cock@stupidcompany.com

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    Anonymous Coward, 25 Feb 2004 @ 10:12am

    
    

    Re: badly formatted spam filter

    
    
    obviously it does.

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    schleifnet, 26 Feb 2004 @ 11:54am

    
    

    Re: badly formatted spam filter

    could be worse, had to setup email for a co with the policy first letter first name first three letters of last name with an employee named toni watts!!
    now that sucks
    even worse she was a sales rep!

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  Anonymous Coward, 25 Feb 2004 @ 10:49am

  
  

  Duh

  Email filters look at the body of the text too.
  Do you sign your name at the end of an email? He obviously does. Regardless of his email address he is going to get hit.

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