Comments on: The Politest Spammer Ever http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/ Spank That Orc, He Likes It Fri, 18 May 2012 05:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stropp http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/#comment-15361 Stropp Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:32:29 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/#comment-15361 Hi Sam, I wish it were the dreaded gold sellers. I get all sorts, but mostly pharmacy and pr*n. Some of the vilest stuff too. Hi Sam,

I wish it were the dreaded gold sellers. I get all sorts, but mostly pharmacy and pr*n. Some of the vilest stuff too.

]]> By: samownall http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/#comment-15341 samownall Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:13:13 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/#comment-15341 Spammers account for one in every two comment attempts on my site. Mostly the dreaded gold sellers... I would appreciate a reciprocal link to my wow blog if you like it! <a>wow blog</a> Thanks Sam Spammers account for one in every two comment attempts on my site. Mostly the dreaded gold sellers…

I would appreciate a reciprocal link to my wow blog if you like it!

wow blog

Thanks
Sam

]]> By: Stropp http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/#comment-15268 Stropp Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:50:00 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/#comment-15268 <p>Hi Matt, thanks for your comment.</p> <p>I'm not sure if the guy did end up spamming or not. There's simply too much spam to examine closely. Akismet catches on average 48 spam comments each day and puts them in a queue. I check the queue to see if there are any false positives and if there are, I despam those. I usually just quickly scan through the list to see if anything stands out.</p> <p>So even if he did spam afterwards, it has been caught and has been deleted. You wouldn't have seen it.</p> <p>In any case, most of the spam I get is absolutely nonsensical. There's no way anyone would buy anything from it. Some of the spam doesn't even have any links. What they are doing here (I suspect) is redirecting the heading link to a website to increase their search engine ranking.</p> Hi Matt, thanks for your comment.

I’m not sure if the guy did end up spamming or not. There’s simply too much spam to examine closely. Akismet catches on average 48 spam comments each day and puts them in a queue. I check the queue to see if there are any false positives and if there are, I despam those. I usually just quickly scan through the list to see if anything stands out.

So even if he did spam afterwards, it has been caught and has been deleted. You wouldn’t have seen it.

In any case, most of the spam I get is absolutely nonsensical. There’s no way anyone would buy anything from it. Some of the spam doesn’t even have any links. What they are doing here (I suspect) is redirecting the heading link to a website to increase their search engine ranking.

]]> By: Matt Skorina http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/#comment-15246 Matt Skorina Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:36:50 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/2007/08/17/the-politest-spammer-ever/#comment-15246 Did the guy leave and ad for something, a link to somewhere. It looks to me like he just apologized for leaving advertising but them didn't leave any advertising. Did the guy leave and ad for something, a link to somewhere. It looks to me like he just apologized for leaving advertising but them didn’t leave any advertising.

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