[Dixielandjazz] Odd e-mail messages . . . not OKOM but I may not be alone with this problem

[Bill Gunter]

Hi listmates,

Thanks, Andy, for a reasonable explanation for the odd collections of words 
some of my e-mails. (see below).

So then how does one go about generating a list of "reasonable" words? Do 
you make them up? Is there a program that creates such a thing?  How do you 
know whether or not a word is "reasonable."

Cheers.

Bill "hop scotch bellybutton bread box xylophone toe nail" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: Andy.Ling at Quantel.Com
>To: jazzboard at hotmail.com, dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz]  Odd e-mail messages . . . not OKOM but I may 
>not be alone with this problem
>Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 09:44:22 +0100
>
>Bill Gunter asks about strange messages he is receiving filled with
>all sorts of unintelligible rubbish.
>
>Basically Bill, this is spam. The large amounts of rubbish
>is there to try and fool your spam filter. The idea is that
>putting lots of "reasonable" words that have nothing to do
>with sex, finance or whatever they are trying to sell will
>bias your filter into thinking the message is not spam.
>
>Some of the more sophisticated spam that uses colours actually
>change the colour of this text to the same as the background
>so you cannot see it.
>
>Sounds like you need to upgrade your spam filter to cope
>with the latest trends in spam. Then the spammers will
>find a way round that and so it goes on
>
>Andy Ling