Spam (no, not the canned meat - sorry)

[SteveD]

Seeing the infiltration of spam on here has just got me wondering why these f*ck ups bother? I mean, I wonder how successful it actually is? How many people actual read the posts/emails etc and think "sh*t yeah! I've been looking for somewhere to get my viagra/steroids/rat poison painted blue/whatever else for ages, and now I've finally found it". I'd think it really not worth anyones while.

Reminds me of a very brief visit I had to Tijuanna a good number of years ago - they were hustling on the street for you to go into chemists. "we have viagra. we have aspirin we have..." I wasn't sure whether to punch them for questioning my power to "achieve wood" at then age 25, or ask why on earth I would want to buy knock off aspirins?

Sorry, rant over....

[louie0316]

at least you would think they would have the common decentcy to post them in the links page instead of annoying the common every day folks like us,

if i was looking for a russia bride which im not the first place i would look is the links section surely thats obvious!!!!!!!!!!!

[paulitoy]

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As you so accurately point out, the whole idea of Spam is pretty hilarious!

That said, I absolutely HATE it.

Whether in my email, on my mobile, junk mail, cold calls and especially on our beloved forum - I just detest the stuff.

The people that create it should be shot in my oppinion.

[The wife keeps telling me that I should stop reading the Daily Mail by the way...]

[Lady Jaye]

The reason it is being sent is simple, it still works and creates turnover.

If one in every 2 million reacts, then it is already profitable. Given the fact that one in every 100.000 is a moron, the equasion is easy. Spam works.

[Chopper]

I think you give people too much credit LJ. Just look at the sh*t that goes on in the world. Idiocracy anyone?

If I get spammed by anyone in any medium, I'll boycott that product/business regardless of what it is. The dinner time phone call is the most aggravating. Still if its been a bad day at work its great for spleen venting I have a mate that suggested if its a woman on the line ask her what colour panties she's wearing. He CLAIMS he's never tried that with a bloke. I reckon the result could be faster.

[The Baron]

What colour panties are you wearing, Chopper?

[Chopper]

What colour panties are you wearing, Chopper?

Lol. me? I'm SAS. Commando, Bro Bet you're glad you asked now?



PS its 10:30am and well over 35 degrees already. As INXS says ...... It ain't pretty.

[The Baron]

Moving on.

I just went to check the phpBB support fourm to see why the spam has suddenly reappeared.

http://www.phpbb.com/index.php?search_id=egosearch

Maintenance

We are sorry to report that we have been attacked through a 0-day-exploit in our PHPList installation (responsible for the mailing list about new releases). phpBB.com will remain unavailable while we work to recover. No vulnerabilities have been found in the phpBB software itself.

You can download phpBB here: http://www.ohloh.net/p/phpbb

You can get support at the temporary support forums or on IRC:
chat.freenode.net #phpbb

A more detailed explanation about the incident.

Press Contact: If you need to get in contact with the management, please email phpbb_press (at) marshalrusty (dot) com.

– the phpBB team

[Ross SC]

I think you give people too much credit LJ. Just look at the sh*t that goes on in the world. Idiocracy anyone?

If I get spammed by anyone in any medium, I'll boycott that product/business regardless of what it is. The dinner time phone call is the most aggravating. Still if its been a bad day at work its great for spleen venting I have a mate that suggested if its a woman on the line ask her what colour panties she's wearing. He CLAIMS he's never tried that with a bloke. I reckon the result could be faster.

so, are you going to boycott viagra & granny porn then?

[Shadow_Contact]

I prefer Spam on bread with a bit of Mustard, same as my russian mail order brides.