Spam spam spam spam spam!

[missroserose]

I think my email addresses are trying to one-up each other with weird spam today.

Just now, I go into my Gmail account's spam folder so's I can empty it, and the most recent message proudly announces for my edification:

Shocking video shows Spongebob and gay sex!

Okay, I'm thinking. That's a bit stranger than usual. And then I open my Hotmail account's spam folder:

Paris Hilton Infested With Cockroaches

...Thank you, Spam Gods, for injecting a little bit of surrealism into my otherwise drab and colorless life.

Comments

[jamesd.livejournal.com]

Spam Gourmet (http://www.spamgourmet.com/) solved my spam problem. A different address for every company, created automatically just by the act of giving it. companyname.to.yourmainaccount at spamgourmet.com addresses. Fast, easy and effective:

"Your message stats: 3,300 forwarded, 31,000 eaten. You have 350 disposable addresses."

That's thirty-one thousand spam emails that wouldn't even get as far as a gmail account. If you want to continue getting email from a place, just add it as a trusted sender and their emails won't count to the default 20 email limit. If you get spammed, set the count to 0 instead and all email from them will be ignored. You can change the limit at any time, from 0 to 20, with the trusted sender option the way to set unlimited.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool. I wouldn't say I have a spam problem, per se - Gmail only very occasionally lets one slip through the filters, and I have my Hotmail account set to "exclusive" anyway. But were I ever to have a somewhat more public address, where I can't control who I give it to, I may well look into that.

[jamesd.livejournal.com]

Now, when it comes to Paris Hilton, I suppose this means that she needs to go with smaller guys so that any infestations will be with smaller insects... :)

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

*sporfle* You're lucky I just finished the Snapple I was drinking, or you'd owe me a new keyboard right about now. :D

[jamesd.livejournal.com]

I'd just tell you to unplug the keyboard and take it into the shower with you. :) Let it dry thoroughly, problem solved. Better to take the electronics out first, though. :)

If you need technical assistance, you should take a webcam with you. :)

Oh, you have a Brian conveniently close? Hmm... I'll have to think of some reason... ah, the shower and camera is more practical when he's on trips. :)

[tygenco-x.livejournal.com]

Well that explains why I don't like Paris Hilton then. Guess we should dowse her in showers of Raid the next time she's out in public? To prevent further infestations.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I liked the content of the Paris Hilton one:

Arnold says I'm gay too.

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?