AOL Cans 1 billion Spams In One Day 460
linuxwrangler writes "AOL announced today that its spam filters hit the 1 billion reject mark for a 24 hour period. This is an average of 28 rejects per day per member. In addition, AOL spam engineers say they receive 5.5 million spam submissions each day from AOL users. Other reports here(1) and here(2)."
But... (Score:4, Funny)
AOL spam engineers? (Score:5, Funny)
New notification (Score:5, Funny)
*bing*You got mail!
"You have 10 new messages"
"You have 293 rejected messages"
wouldn't it be easier, quicker and smaller...? (Score:5, Funny)
Spam Engineer? (Score:2, Funny)
This is the most important story of the year (Score:5, Funny)
Today 1 billion voices were silenced. This is not some make believe movie where Alderan gets blown up. It is about the actual usurpation of the Freedom of Speech.
AOL has taken it upon themselves to decide for their users what is appropriate speech and what is not. That is sad. If you think Microsoft is taking away your freedoms because they own 90%+ in the OS market it is time to recheck your bad guys. AOL has just proven itself to be an enemy to Free Speech. That is a much more grave violation of your rights online than anything Microsoft has ever done.
The laughable part of all this is that AOL is the biggest real-world spammer with their tons and tons of CDs that have to be dumped into landfills every year.
Fuck you AOL for making yourself judge, jury, and executioner of the First Amendment.
Re:not to burst your anti-spam bubble, but . . . (Score:5, Funny)
Re:AOL spam engineers? (Score:5, Funny)
More proof... (Score:5, Funny)
Its pretty bad when a single ISP gets 1 billion+ spams a day, and that must severely punish their servers. Kudos to AOL (wow...I never thought I'd ever say that) for taking the effort to block the tremendous amount of spam sent to your users.
Spam's not so bad (Score:5, Funny)
Wish me luck.
Re:Wow! (Score:2, Funny)
But how do I... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:New notification (Score:5, Funny)
*bing*You got mail!
"You have 10 new messages"
"You have 293 rejected messages"
MSG 1> Increase your breast size!
MSG 2> Increase your penis size!
MSG 3> Loose weight fast!
MSG 4> Re: my naked webcam!
MSG 5> Make money advertising on the Internet!
MSG 6> Your unclaimed money!
MSG 7> Horny babes with horses!
MSG 8> Incest rape! W@W!
MSG 9> Make millions in Real Estate!
MSG 10> Do you hate spam? You need this! Only $29.95!
But wait... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh wait... you're not even there to blame anymore! Blast!
S.O.L? (Score:5, Funny)
What if.... (Score:4, Funny)
Well, a guy can dream, can't he?
Re:This is the most important story of the year (Score:1, Funny)
Good (Score:5, Funny)
Re:God Damn It (Score:2, Funny)
Re:AOL spam engineers? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:dang (Score:3, Funny)
Re:New notification (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Failure rate? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What I want to know is... (Score:2, Funny)
No, no, no, I think you are being slightly confused, that is not the way, AOL CD's are not an effective way to create a mirror, if you want to find a proper way, look here [servertec.com] , which should take you through the necessary steps to build the AOL server for your mirror.
Now, if someone could get this Apache to stop serving pages and get me a goddamn drink, I would be happy.
Microsoft ads on Slashdot (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously, now... I always click on the Microsoft ads and then hit the back button once their page finishes loading. It creates extra loads on their web servers. It probably costs them something. It makes them think that people are actually interested in their shit (as opposed to the realistic fact that people only use their shit because they're forced to), etc. And I'm sure that the good guys, like the folks at OSDN, benefit from people like me clicking on Microsoft's stupid ads.
Re:wouldn't it be easier, quicker and smaller...? (Score:5, Funny)
AOL user shocked! "I received a personal message that was not trying to sell me anything! I didn't know this kind of thing existed!" .
AOL engineers responded that this anomaly occasionally happens about every 0.264% of regular mail sent. . .
Dammit Dad! (Score:5, Funny)
*shaking head*
psxndc
Re:New notification (Score:3, Funny)
More effective solutions exist (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow! (Score:2, Funny)
I demand an explanation!!!
Re:AOL spam engineers? (Score:4, Funny)
Dr. Evil: Then why do we have 1 billon cans of SPAM in the middle of my underground lair?
Mustafa: We were unable to predict homonym complications due to the reanimation process.
Dr. Evil: SILENCE! I will not tolerate your insolence!
Dr. Evil pushes the button, Mustafa gets badly burned, you get the idea.
The real story (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is the most important story of the year (Score:4, Funny)
You got me on the internet.
Granted, I've since graduated, but *blush* you were my first.
Re:Save those bits! (Score:4, Funny)
I assume you're talking about "XP".
XP stands for Jesus Christ. When the Emperor Constantine fought for control of the western roman empire at the Milvian bridge in 312, he supposedly saw the sign "Chi-Rho" (Greek Letters X and P) in the sky, along with hearing a voice which said "in this sign, you will conqueror". Chi-Rho, the way it is usually depicted in ancient artwork, is an X super-imposed on a P. Chi and Rho are the first two letters of the Greek name for Christ, pronounced "Kreestos".
Hence, where we get "X-mas". I once heard a baptist preacher say that x-mas was bad because they were crossing out christ, x-ing him out. This is stupid - since the 500's X has been a sign for Christ.
Hence, WindowsXP is really Windows, version christ.
If the Internet is an Information Superhighway... (Score:3, Funny)
Wish I could remember where I heard that. Searched google for it, and found this,
So I still don't know who wrote it, but at least I got a good laugh re-reading the whole piece.Damn Slashdot Spam! (Score:3, Funny)
Subject: [Slashdot] Metamoderation Results
From: slashdot@slashdot.org
To: xxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
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Some of your past moderations have been meta-moderated by other Slashdot readers. Here are the exciting results:
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You have received this message because you subscribed to it on Slashdot.
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SPAM: Spamnix identified this message as spam. This report shows which
SPAM: rules matched the message and how many points each rule contributed.
SPAM:
SPAM: Content analysis details: (6.7 hits, 4 required)
SPAM: NO_REAL_NAME (0.5 points) From: does not include a real name
SPAM: CLICK_BELOW (1.5 points) BODY: Asks you to click below
SPAM: EXCUSE_1 (2.3 points) BODY: Gives a lame excuse about why you were sent this SPAM
SPAM: FREQ_SPAM_PHRASE (2.4 points) Contains phrases frequently found in spam
SPAM: [score: 10, hits: click here, help you, received]
SPAM: [this, thank you, this message, you]
SPAM: [for]
AOL Haiku (Score:3, Funny)
AOL - both the problem
and the solution.
Re:This is the most important story of the year (Score:3, Funny)
I hereby invoke Godwin's Law. This thread is over.
Shame on you and your piddling Godwin's Law for trying to censor this poor citizen's speech. Why, you're no better than the Nazis who... Doh!