Spam, continued

There's a chance that the Fuitadnet mods might delete this post, so I'm saving a backup copy here.

Just for the record, this problem has still not been resolved.

It has been ten days now.

This morning I had to manually delete 891 spams which had arrived since midnight.

If this goes on much longer I am going to lose my mind. Ever had to manually review 891 spam headers about sperm? It's no goddamned picnic, I can assure you.

My brain hurts.

Spam, continued

There's a chance that the Fuitadnet mods might delete this post, so I'm saving a backup copy here.

Just for the record, this problem has still not been resolved.

It has been ten days now.

This morning I had to manually delete 891 spams which had arrived since midnight.

If this goes on much longer I am going to lose my mind. Ever had to manually review 891 spam headers about sperm? It's no goddamned picnic, I can assure you.

My brain hurts.

ARGH! F-CKING FUITADNET!!!

My latest post on the Fuitadnet forums:

> moderator: I just want to know what did you do to get on so many spam lists in the first place?

1. I've been on the internet going back to the late 1980's, and was active on Usenet for all that time.

2. I included my email address in all my posts (remember, this was before spam existed).

3. My primary website has been up for almost nine years now. It has always included my email address.

4. Before that, I had ANOTHER website with my email address.

I can only guess that whenever spammers swap email address lists, my address is the first one on those lists. I can assure you that I've NEVER bought anything from a spammer. I've never even used a mail client which would allow spammers to know that their spam had even been read. And normally I have always deleted all spam unread, unless I am tricked by an ambiguous subject and Sent-by.

I don't know. I'd speculate that spammers are taking revenge for my Message to Spammers, but I only put that up a couple of years ago.

HEY! My account has been SUSPENDED again, and my site is DOWN!!

You guys are going to KILL my Google ranking.

GRRRR!!!!!!

ARGH! F-CKING FUITADNET!!!

My latest post on the Fuitadnet forums:

> moderator: I just want to know what did you do to get on so many spam lists in the first place?

1. I've been on the internet going back to the late 1980's, and was active on Usenet for all that time.

2. I included my email address in all my posts (remember, this was before spam existed).

3. My primary website has been up for almost nine years now. It has always included my email address.

4. Before that, I had ANOTHER website with my email address.

I can only guess that whenever spammers swap email address lists, my address is the first one on those lists. I can assure you that I've NEVER bought anything from a spammer. I've never even used a mail client which would allow spammers to know that their spam had even been read. And normally I have always deleted all spam unread, unless I am tricked by an ambiguous subject and Sent-by.

I don't know. I'd speculate that spammers are taking revenge for my Message to Spammers, but I only put that up a couple of years ago.

HEY! My account has been SUSPENDED again, and my site is DOWN!!

You guys are going to KILL my Google ranking.

GRRRR!!!!!!

Strange Interlude

This evening was lovely; temperate and sunny, with gentle breezes. I was pushing Sebastian in his swing when I noticed something odd: a stranger was walking around in our neighbor's yard. He was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, had a red shirt hanging out of the back of his jeans, and had black hair and a black mustache. He looked to be about thirty years old.

He was looking around our neighbor's yard in an odd way, as if he were nervous and looking for something. Then he went to their driveway and seemed to be looking in their car. And then, to my amazement, he vaulted the fence and came into OUR yard.

Again, he seemed to be looking around nervously. "Loking for something?" I said to him. Teri came out from the house at the same moment, less than ten feet from him, and said the same thing. She didn't quite make out his answer, but he crossed our yard and climbed over the high fence to our neighbors' parking lot on the other side.

Then he jogged across that lot, and climbed over the NEXT fence. We heard him fall and crash into the trees on the other side; he left his red shirt stuck on the top of that fence.

And then he was gone.

My guess (and Teri's, too) is that he was either being chased by someone, or had stolen something and thought the cops were after him. We never heard or saw any pursuit, though.

Weird!

Oh yes - Sebastian was quite aware and interested in the whole thing. Later, he volunteered his opinion: the "strange man" had lost his home, and was looking for it.

Strange Interlude

This evening was lovely; temperate and sunny, with gentle breezes. I was pushing Sebastian in his swing when I noticed something odd: a stranger was walking around in our neighbor's yard. He was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, had a red shirt hanging out of the back of his jeans, and had black hair and a black mustache. He looked to be about thirty years old.

He was looking around our neighbor's yard in an odd way, as if he were nervous and looking for something. Then he went to their driveway and seemed to be looking in their car. And then, to my amazement, he vaulted the fence and came into OUR yard.

Again, he seemed to be looking around nervously. "Loking for something?" I said to him. Teri came out from the house at the same moment, less than ten feet from him, and said the same thing. She didn't quite make out his answer, but he crossed our yard and climbed over the high fence to our neighbors' parking lot on the other side.

Then he jogged across that lot, and climbed over the NEXT fence. We heard him fall and crash into the trees on the other side; he left his red shirt stuck on the top of that fence.

And then he was gone.

My guess (and Teri's, too) is that he was either being chased by someone, or had stolen something and thought the cops were after him. We never heard or saw any pursuit, though.

Weird!

Oh yes - Sebastian was quite aware and interested in the whole thing. Later, he volunteered his opinion: the "strange man" had lost his home, and was looking for it.