Comments on: SPAM generator - SPAMgregator - SPAmEraT.or http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Joseph A. di Paolantonio http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52657 Joseph A. di Paolantonio Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:42:24 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52657 Marc, You asked for suggestions on what to do next time with your invites... ...Use proper grammer, sentence structure and syntax; be cognizant of the nuances of your message. The subject line looked like spam, but spamAssassin hadn't tagged it. I know about PeopleAggregator, so I checked the message source. The trail of headers indicated that the message had come straight from rigel.broadbandmechanics.com (207.7.148.187), but the "From: " header said it was from invite@peopleaggregator.net, but with a "Return-Path:" of root@rigel.broadbandmechanics.com. All of that should be OK, but even an old timer like me who was using ARPANET via the serial port on a Kaypro 2000 over 20 years ago can be fooled by sendmail hackiness. So, within viewing message source, I read the body of the message. It was so poorly writen, I was convinced it was spam, maybe a phising ploy of somesort, playing off poor ol' Marc and his DLA plans. ;-) So, I deleted it without a second thought. Then I had some time to check your blog through my feed reader, and to my surprise, saw that the invite was real. :-D Good luck with the PeopleAggregator. Marc,

You asked for suggestions on what to do next time with your invites…

…Use proper grammer, sentence structure and syntax; be cognizant of the nuances of your message.

The subject line looked like spam, but spamAssassin hadn’t tagged it. I know about PeopleAggregator, so I checked the message source. The trail of headers indicated that the message had come straight from rigel.broadbandmechanics.com (207.7.148.187), but the “From: ” header said it was from invite@peopleaggregator.net, but with a “Return-Path:” of root@rigel.broadbandmechanics.com. All of that should be OK, but even an old timer like me who was using ARPANET via the serial port on a Kaypro 2000 over 20 years ago can be fooled by sendmail hackiness.

So, within viewing message source, I read the body of the message. It was so poorly writen, I was convinced it was spam, maybe a phising ploy of somesort, playing off poor ol’ Marc and his DLA plans. ;-) So, I deleted it without a second thought.

Then I had some time to check your blog through my feed reader, and to my surprise, saw that the invite was real. :-D

Good luck with the PeopleAggregator.

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Mr. AND Mrs. Murphy are fucking with me http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52422 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Mr. AND Mrs. Murphy are fucking with me Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:26:56 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52422 [...] OK following up on yesterday’s scene and this mornings crash - the power people decided it was time to shut down our entire neigborhood in Walnut Creek - to trim trees.  Out here in Cali - the tree limbs hitting power lines is a major cause of forest fires. [...] [...] OK following up on yesterday’s scene and this mornings crash - the power people decided it was time to shut down our entire neigborhood in Walnut Creek - to trim trees.  Out here in Cali - the tree limbs hitting power lines is a major cause of forest fires. [...]

]]> By: earle http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52417 earle Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:10:02 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52417 marc, development by trial and error doesn't sound like a very succesful methodology for rolling out an on-line service. ``500 perople in yesterday and the fucker is dead''... that will be pretty humorous in the months ahead. marc, development by trial and error doesn’t sound like a very succesful methodology for rolling out an on-line service. “500 perople in yesterday and the fucker is dead”… that will be pretty humorous in the months ahead.

]]> By: Robert W. Anderson http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52324 Robert W. Anderson Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:05:56 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52324 I felt special because I was invited twice! Twice, I say! Now if I were a "my email inbox is inviolate" zealot I'd be complaining for twice the damage: I've seen the spamming and the damage done: Let's see, 2 x $.00 = $.00. I felt special because I was invited twice! Twice, I say! Now if I were a “my email inbox is inviolate” zealot I’d be complaining for twice the damage:

I’ve seen the spamming and the damage done: Let’s see, 2 x $.00 = $.00.

]]> By: Bob Aman http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52306 Bob Aman Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:15:13 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52306 I didn't really bother playing with it for very long, verisign's OpenID system was crashing so I couldn't log in. Honestly though, the web design needs work. Badly. It looks like a programmer did the design work. Oh, and I got 5 invites. You really need the invite system to remember who it's invited so that it doesn't resend invites to people who've already been invited. I didn’t really bother playing with it for very long, verisign’s OpenID system was crashing so I couldn’t log in. Honestly though, the web design needs work. Badly. It looks like a programmer did the design work. Oh, and I got 5 invites. You really need the invite system to remember who it’s invited so that it doesn’t resend invites to people who’ve already been invited.

]]> By: Jonathan Peterson http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52287 Jonathan Peterson Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:34:55 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52287 Well I for one appreciated the invite (well actually I got 3). Too bad I'd only started playing with it when you guys got slammed with usage. What I saw looked great. I've got to say I'm glad my time isn't so valuable that I needed to dogpile one of the good guys because his invite system hiccoughs. Well I for one appreciated the invite (well actually I got 3). Too bad I’d only started playing with it when you guys got slammed with usage. What I saw looked great.

I’ve got to say I’m glad my time isn’t so valuable that I needed to dogpile one of the good guys because his invite system hiccoughs.

]]> By: Marc Canter http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52278 Marc Canter Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:09:35 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52278 folks - this was just the test invites. after 3 years of waiting, watching and preparing - trust me on this one - we're just starting. At the end of the day - we got something like 500 people in yesterday and the fucker is dead at this point. How else do you test social networking code - then without people? So now we go, fix it and come back for another pass. folks - this was just the test invites.

after 3 years of waiting, watching and preparing - trust me on this one - we’re just starting. At the end of the day - we got something like 500 people in yesterday and the fucker is dead at this point.

How else do you test social networking code - then without people? So now we go, fix it and come back for another pass.

]]> By: Raju http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52262 Raju Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:39:47 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52262 Let's get back to the interesting thing. The PeopleAggregator! Just two words: it rocks! Let’s get back to the interesting thing. The PeopleAggregator! Just two words: it rocks!

]]> By: Mark Brooks http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52243 Mark Brooks Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:18:00 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52243 Kinda nice to be included, don't you think? I am glad to be on the inner circle invitation list. A personal invitation. Hardly spam. Mark Brooks editor, onlinepersonalswatch.com Kinda nice to be included, don’t you think? I am glad to be on the inner circle invitation list. A personal invitation. Hardly spam.

Mark Brooks
editor, onlinepersonalswatch.com

]]> By: Randy Charles Morin http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52195 Randy Charles Morin Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:31:13 +0000 http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/06/spam-generator-spamgregator-spamerator#comment-52195 You know what Marc, you've got a pretty awesome reputation in the blogosphere. If you blogged "People Aggregator lives" with a link, then you would've had 50 thousand links by now, instead of 50 thousands angry blogger :-) Just a thought! But note, you've got so much karma coming your way, that all you need to do is get out of the car and get back in and you are ready to go. Create a blog post that doesn't include the world spam announcing People Aggregator and I'll link it. Twice! You know what Marc, you’ve got a pretty awesome reputation in the blogosphere. If you blogged “People Aggregator lives” with a link, then you would’ve had 50 thousand links by now, instead of 50 thousands angry blogger :-) Just a thought! But note, you’ve got so much karma coming your way, that all you need to do is get out of the car and get back in and you are ready to go. Create a blog post that doesn’t include the world spam announcing People Aggregator and I’ll link it. Twice!

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