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   Obfuscated Spineless Wonder, 2 Jun 2004 @ 5:07am

   
   

   Let them struggle, but...

   Who has any sympathy for spammers? Not me or anyone I know, for that matter. Spam, however, has resulted in one terrific game that I (or we) play at the office and at home: SpamAssassin hit results. All of us who play love this game. Moreover, we use an email front end program that grabs the message text without downloading. Then, we compare SpamAssassin points and the report body without activating the message. It's a lot of early morning frivolity and, bizarrely enough, we have spammers to thank. Our network admin thinks we're insane, but he joins in quite often.
   I never, ever thought I would say this, but... Spam does serve a purpose. Granted, not the one the spammers want, but a purpose nonetheless. Just think of it as morning time coffee and doughnuts with a side of spam. Now, in case anyone is wondering, no one I have ever met or known has purchased a product through a spam email. At least none have been willing to admit that heinous error.

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