Oh man… I get a lot of spam.

I installed spam assassin on my server and set it to a level that’s much more stringent that the default, but a lot of crap still finds its way into my inbox.

Take this peach for example:

From: “Jarrett Scroggins”
Date: Sat, March 19, 2005 5:37 pm
Subject: WW W Ph.arrmmacy

Hello,

France the most coveted possession in the West Indies. The
his hair as carefully dressed, seemed transformed into a younger
people whom it was a folly to alienate, particularly for so paltr
he might justly be proud, having destroyed a force so superior in
That’s a point we were just arguing, said Blood. For I hold t
M. de Cussy looked at M. d’Ogeron, and raised his eyebrows a litt
We are informed that you have bought a wherry from Mr. Robert
so; and I don’t lie. I’ve never found it necessary. In any case
bitterly was but a necessary stage in the shaping of his odd dest
to upbraid me because I will not take your hands when I know how
of English seamen as battered and broken as the ship herself, and
A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad, said he. Few
brilliant sunshine where the pergola was intersected by the avenu
face.
the negro steward, in white drawers and cotton shirt, made haste

Have a good day.

What the fuck does that mean? There wasn’t even a link to go with it (and no… the possible url in the subject isn’t any good).

After reading that inspiring cut and paste from different parts of God knows what, I was ready to grab my wallet and punch my credit card numbers into whatever website it beckoned me to. But alas, there was no link, and I was forced to lie in anguish for what could have been.

I got another 10 emails, all with the same message, about some investment opportunity. Being that the spammer is all clever and stuffs, the replaced the letter “L” with a pipe (or “|” for those who aren’t as geeky as I). Um… sure… I’ll buy two from you as well.

Unfortunately, spam assassin doesn’t catch everything that comes my way, but it does seem to eat pretty much everything that’s sent from AOL (a large percentage of which are jokes from my Dad). I can live with that. 🙂