[asterisk-users] Message 0841984

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, John Todd wrote:

>>> Dear asterisk-users at lists.digium.com!
>>> Lovers package at discount price!
>>> Discount price store: ID 406858
>>> http://tba.dojmoquj.cn?faz
>>> Pfizer is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program.
>>> ? 2001-2008 Pfizer Inc. All rights reserved.
>>>
>
>
> That is correct - only members are allowed to post.  However, don't
> assume that posting bots aren't smart enough to register themselves as
> if they were a human.
>
> After looking at the mailing list server, I can't find any record of
> that user registering.  After looking at the headers, I find that it's
> apparently being posted from another user account, and I have
> deactivated that account.  It is a worrying trend, though - the canned
> ham hucksters are getting more devious.
>

I wonder if there would be interest in organizing a bounty for a lynching 
mob, that would track down these !@#$# silly excuses for human beings and 
shoot them.  If we all chipped in a few dollars I bet we could hire 
someone.

j