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Old 02-26-2004, 02:20 PM   #1
Default Strange text in unsolicted mail.


Somehow...someone found my email address and sends me business BS,
mostly about mortgagues (I live in an apt and have NO interesting in
owning a home.)

I use Eudora as my mail program.

Usually, I delete anything like this, but I accidentally opened one
and underneath the message, was a bunch of words hidden in yellow.
The words seem random, but I suspect there is some purpose for them.

Does anybody know why this was included in the email? I'll paste them
below...

The consolidated header:

X-Originating-IP: [24.11.64.167]
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:29:40 -0500
From: "Geoffrey Self" <>
Reply-To: "Geoffrey Self" <>
To: Louie <>
Subject: Re: byqubu, I just found out about her.
X-Mailer: diploma synonymous fiction

THE YELLOW TEXT:

chuff disparage coexistent crosshatch stipend bimetallism calcify
emmett simper invalid commotion nasty doubleday perennial magnate
penitent vivid drunken literary anachronism molal debugged brilliant
germinate hydrophilic elisha idiocy nicholls celandine ancillary foray
steady rosenblum amongst shanghai eleventh cockleshell ucla siegfried
czar brazen expel automorphism boeotian talmud basilar gresham irma
penchant contrive dereference dominic arctic spavin prostitution
hydrolysis effusion superior boyle utopia dick infancy puck allstate
songful mine mirage kaufman pediment polyhedra amsterdam cataclysmic
compensatory hines balky adelia credenza campsite correspondent
edwards actinolite baritone knobby videotape balm humpback psi babylon
peripheral gist archae cake maloney tadpole burglar abutting layup
print trunk basal maintain carla colon able catsup molasses pipe
liveth boule barstow we'll crowley quetzal reub p sincere w december
maurice plummet quarry sweet coagulable calamity fugal compile
bolometer freshmen clerk constitute comma hagen inflammatory sorenson
amidst film thrum badminton trisyllable buchanan cistern chivalrous
cod hodgkin nurture domineer felony phalarope snappy atwood ambivalent
cofactor wallis moonlight zest dissociable scoria confidante emplace
methodology blatz functorial martensite spatula thump specious roomy
esquire fiche chiang gate lepidolite expiate colorado yule ferguson
davenport carriage delight shield inhere delicatessen lucretius muncie
sabbath sash slug eigenspace deregulatory advice bocklogged moratorium
cowardice glaucoma insist dragging hatchway inure batch cummins
cutover moliere synapse transmittable tyrant abut acidulous inception
meaningful quartzite bloodstream cow cetus bonfire doctoral downtown
brandywine captivate excuse ebullient demon carry detente wondrous
ductwork hawaiian drunkard townhouse bulk cream mystic dishwasher
keynes inhabitant keddah frick hoarse squint bucknell contravariant
aural greenish aft pure vivid roommate imperceptible incorporable cruz
downside claudia double spacecraft cipher ct functor thorn scutum
auditor command egocentric chortle cathedral connivance dipole balsa
pith neuter pipeline parakeet screen anterior typewritten cowardice
lepidolite phonon yard emplace wealth gusty seaward died gresham
anaconda seance whitehorse recurring woebegone poe transposable
anastigmatic elute brookhaven premise cryostat jazz pleistocene
professor aspidistra micro mortgage grainy inability inbred arrogant
breastplate sprite blather aug confirm infamous wilfred peer hungary
agribusiness bamberger hebephrenic century gyroscope cornbread
eastwood nitrogen traversal walrus slouch clear marine starlight
health demit optometrist gwen genus eightieth eh adorn homebuild
gibbet segregate discovery mccarthy irs habeas hulk hypocrisy creon
north barracuda richfield die beep fraudulent mortgagee metamorphism
span boolean delhi apposition kurd tenuous eater combinate breed lope
jon rudy label miscellany fruitful chivalry fatigue amoco danzig


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Old 02-26-2004, 04:50 PM   #2
Hairy One Kenobi
 
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Default Re: Strange text in unsolicted mail.
"Itz Just Me" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Somehow...someone found my email address and sends me business BS,
> mostly about mortgagues (I live in an apt and have NO interesting in
> owning a home.)
>
> I use Eudora as my mail program.
>
> Usually, I delete anything like this, but I accidentally opened one
> and underneath the message, was a bunch of words hidden in yellow.
> The words seem random, but I suspect there is some purpose for them.
>
> Does anybody know why this was included in the email? I'll paste them
> below...


They're odd and unusual words that the spammer hopes will get them past a
filter.

With anything written in the last couple of years, it's likely to do the
exact opposite..

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reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion
in the first place. So there!




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Old 02-26-2004, 05:38 PM   #3
kulm_nd
 
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Default Re: Strange text in unsolicted mail.
Spam filters weigh the whole text against known spam words, the sender is
tipping the balance so the filter thinks it is a non-spam e-mail.

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"Itz Just Me" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Somehow...someone found my email address and sends me business BS,
> mostly about mortgagues (I live in an apt and have NO interesting in
> owning a home.)
>
> I use Eudora as my mail program.
>
> Usually, I delete anything like this, but I accidentally opened one
> and underneath the message, was a bunch of words hidden in yellow.
> The words seem random, but I suspect there is some purpose for them.
>
> Does anybody know why this was included in the email? I'll paste them
> below...
>
> The consolidated header:
>
> X-Originating-IP: [24.11.64.167]
> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:29:40 -0500
> From: "Geoffrey Self" <>
> Reply-To: "Geoffrey Self" <>
> To: Louie <>
> Subject: Re: byqubu, I just found out about her.
> X-Mailer: diploma synonymous fiction
>
> THE YELLOW TEXT:
>
> chuff disparage coexistent crosshatch stipend bimetallism calcify
> emmett simper invalid commotion nasty doubleday perennial magnate
> penitent vivid drunken literary anachronism molal debugged brilliant
> germinate hydrophilic elisha idiocy nicholls celandine ancillary foray
> steady rosenblum amongst shanghai eleventh cockleshell ucla siegfried
> czar brazen expel automorphism boeotian talmud basilar gresham irma
> penchant contrive dereference dominic arctic spavin prostitution
> hydrolysis effusion superior boyle utopia dick infancy puck allstate
> songful mine mirage kaufman pediment polyhedra amsterdam cataclysmic
> compensatory hines balky adelia credenza campsite correspondent
> edwards actinolite baritone knobby videotape balm humpback psi babylon
> peripheral gist archae cake maloney tadpole burglar abutting layup
> print trunk basal maintain carla colon able catsup molasses pipe
> liveth boule barstow we'll crowley quetzal reub p sincere w december
> maurice plummet quarry sweet coagulable calamity fugal compile
> bolometer freshmen clerk constitute comma hagen inflammatory sorenson
> amidst film thrum badminton trisyllable buchanan cistern chivalrous
> cod hodgkin nurture domineer felony phalarope snappy atwood ambivalent
> cofactor wallis moonlight zest dissociable scoria confidante emplace
> methodology blatz functorial martensite spatula thump specious roomy
> esquire fiche chiang gate lepidolite expiate colorado yule ferguson
> davenport carriage delight shield inhere delicatessen lucretius muncie
> sabbath sash slug eigenspace deregulatory advice bocklogged moratorium
> cowardice glaucoma insist dragging hatchway inure batch cummins
> cutover moliere synapse transmittable tyrant abut acidulous inception
> meaningful quartzite bloodstream cow cetus bonfire doctoral downtown
> brandywine captivate excuse ebullient demon carry detente wondrous
> ductwork hawaiian drunkard townhouse bulk cream mystic dishwasher
> keynes inhabitant keddah frick hoarse squint bucknell contravariant
> aural greenish aft pure vivid roommate imperceptible incorporable cruz
> downside claudia double spacecraft cipher ct functor thorn scutum
> auditor command egocentric chortle cathedral connivance dipole balsa
> pith neuter pipeline parakeet screen anterior typewritten cowardice
> lepidolite phonon yard emplace wealth gusty seaward died gresham
> anaconda seance whitehorse recurring woebegone poe transposable
> anastigmatic elute brookhaven premise cryostat jazz pleistocene
> professor aspidistra micro mortgage grainy inability inbred arrogant
> breastplate sprite blather aug confirm infamous wilfred peer hungary
> agribusiness bamberger hebephrenic century gyroscope cornbread
> eastwood nitrogen traversal walrus slouch clear marine starlight
> health demit optometrist gwen genus eightieth eh adorn homebuild
> gibbet segregate discovery mccarthy irs habeas hulk hypocrisy creon
> north barracuda richfield die beep fraudulent mortgagee metamorphism
> span boolean delhi apposition kurd tenuous eater combinate breed lope
> jon rudy label miscellany fruitful chivalry fatigue amoco danzig





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