tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post9085353687837135121..comments2008-02-29T07:10:06.589-06:00GASARCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-82072104375198720672008-02-29T07:10:00.000-06:002008-02-29T07:10:00.000-06:00Depends on the spam. People are still stupid when it comes to urban myth emails or political smears such as "Obama is a muslim" or that "he doesn't hold his hand over his heart for the national anthem". Crap like that will be read and believed because it reinforces their world view. Fighting regular spam is a relatively solved problem. How you fight stupidity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-84510082458176013012008-02-28T17:07:00.000-06:002008-02-28T17:07:00.000-06:00<A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4084871.stm" REL="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4084871.stm</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-2912563424094328272008-02-28T17:04:00.000-06:002008-02-28T17:04:00.000-06:00<I>This is obviously spam, but I am huge... Maybe that website has something to offer. May as well check it out.</I><BR/>I suspect they're going for this line of thought, and only need a very small portion of people to think this way. The "friend" is probably as much for the spam filter as for the reader .geezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05468376564942030875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-45204199134917260392008-02-28T11:27:00.000-06:002008-02-28T11:27:00.000-06:00I think there are still people who:<BR/>-- are willing to pay for their spam being sent out, irrespective of the "click-through rate"<BR/>-- are willing to pay for lists of addresses and access to rogue SMTP servers, <BR/>overestimating their ability to produce a "dangerous" scam. That's what keeps the "business" going.Jakubhttp://cs.nott.ac.uk/~jxm/noreply@blogger.com