[ale] curious spam

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Thursday 08 January 2004 08:04 pm, David Corbin wrote:
> I too was curious about this.  I took a closer look (the raw mail source).
> It's a multipart mail, with HTML in one part of the page.  I use KMail, and
> only see the first text part.  There's no indication of the additional
> content.  I *assume* that other mail products handle the display of this
> differently.

I use kmail, too.  I have it display the list of parts at the bottom of the 
window so I can see any attachments, etc.  The HTML is there, and if you 
click it whows the source.  One more click to really display it.

Michael

> On Thursday 08 January 2004 11:43, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > I'm just curious as to what might be going on here.
> >
> > I got this spam this morning with yesterday's time stamp,
> > and a message size of 2.8 KB.
> >
> > > "Message subject
> > > Date: Yesterday 11:06:04 pm
> > > From: "Forest Schneider" <ysuqipufqwpdxh at yahoo.com>
> > > To: kimkrizelman at mindspring.com, kimpeabody at mindspring.com,
> > > kilpatms at mindspring.com, kimberlyjane at mindspring.com,
> > > killo at mindspring.com, kiki1423 at mindspring.com
> > > Reply to: "Forest Schneider" <ysuqipufqwpdxh at yahoo.com>
> > >
> > > counterflow circumsphere deforestation dissonant they're barber
> > > shine oxonian tonal penelope filet bay sinusoidal
> > > felix drug newsmen soutane magruder barbudo join mummy upstream l's"
> >
> > What might this spammer be fishing for?
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
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> >
> > iD8DBQE//YjH73hVp4UeGJERAnA9AJ9Fa+DDr474lP6/eFyVYWEkC5LS8wCgvNPk
> > VrGUWrJQE4g/YbXcfpF38a0=
> > =iMWn
> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> >
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