On 8 March 1999, Bob Weissman <bobw(_at_)lore(_dot_)kla-tencor(_dot_)com> wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something, but this is an "honest" spam in that it
contains "ADV:" at the start of the subject header to indicate that it
is an advertisement. Some others use "UCE:" to indicate an unsolicited
commercial email. There is nothing easier than a simple
:0
* ^Subject: (ADV|UCE):
/dev/null
to filter out this whole class of "honest" spams. (In fact, I never
saw the original email, only the replies.)
Unfortunately I also receive legit mail from a group called ADV...
Regards,
Liviu Daia
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