Tag: Spam

Send Spam or WE KILL YOU!!!

byJon Westfall January 4, 2010 Other Things
A few weeks ago I got this piece of Comment SPAM in my e-mail: A new comment on the post #94 "Does Spam Work?" is waiting for your approval http://jonwestfall.com/2007/04/does-spam-work/ Author : Make Money Online with Mr. X E-mail : russianmobvictim85943@gmail.com Comment: HELP! I’m currently being held prisoner by the…

Ah… Comment Spam

byJon Westfall November 19, 2009 Other Things
So got this today, and I really doubt that I’m going to approve it – despite it’s gracious tone! Holes in the wall is especially classy!   A new comment on the post #343 "Stupid People Alert: LOE: What do you mean I can get an STD from that???" is…

PopGUI for PopRoute GUI

byJon Westfall June 20, 2007 Articles
If you've ever tried setting up an exchange server at your home, small business, or on any server that doesn't have a 100% reliable 100% always-on connection, you've probably needed a tool like PopRoute. PopRoute lets you "pop" your external POP3 accounts and route the mail from them into an…

Does Spam Work?

byJon Westfall April 9, 2007 Other Things
One of the most annoying plagues to hit the Internet in the past few years (aside from angst-ridden teenagers on MySpace, YouTube, etc…) is unsolicited commercial email advertising (i.e. SPAM). One argument I hear made time and time again is that the reason SPAM persists is that it works. People…