Sounds like the product of a bot registering domain names.
Which is a newish twist, I guess.
Spam Bam Thank You Mam
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A particular variety of spam kept leaking past my filters, and on a closer look, that's because it's all from a moderately trusted source: Google!
Specifically, Google Groups - which apparently lets other people subscribe non-Google addresses to groups without confirmation, which is what the spammers are using. But because this address of mine does not have a Google account associated with it, there's no way to unsubscribe or report abuse: these can only be done via the web interface... which, having no account, I can't log into.
But wait! The headers also give a mailto: address to unsubscribe. Except that it returns a message just telling you to log in on the web and unsubscribe there.
Time to add a new filter that just auto-deletes anything from Google Groups.
Specifically, Google Groups - which apparently lets other people subscribe non-Google addresses to groups without confirmation, which is what the spammers are using. But because this address of mine does not have a Google account associated with it, there's no way to unsubscribe or report abuse: these can only be done via the web interface... which, having no account, I can't log into.
But wait! The headers also give a mailto: address to unsubscribe. Except that it returns a message just telling you to log in on the web and unsubscribe there.
Time to add a new filter that just auto-deletes anything from Google Groups.
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Assistant Charles Brown X
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You know the man
Assistant Charles Brown X
Assistant Charles Brown X
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Look, I don't have time to put together a Charlie X/Charlie Brown mashup in Gimp, but I leave you with the mental image.
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Thad wrote:Look, I don't have time to put together a Charlie X/Charlie Brown mashup in Gimp, but I leave you with the mental image.
Minimal effort makes it better.
Re: Spam Bam Thank You Mam
I meant from Star Trek.
...wait, I mean I meant a different guy from Star Trek.
...wait, I mean I meant a different guy from Star Trek.
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Ripple (XRP) Might Explode Alongside Bitcon
I like that typo. It's honest.
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