As we’ve mentioned elsewhere, Google’s Gmail’s “sophisticated spam filtering technology” isn’t. And I’m beginning to wonder about their AdSense technology as well.
So far Gmail is (not) batting 1000 – all spam has ended up in our inbox, and the only two pieces of email which have ended up in our spam folder were very much not spam.
However, one cannot discount the amusement (or should that be “bemusement”?) factor. Tonight we received the following spam (quoted in its entirety):
“mortal bias swanlike talkie virginal animosity biggs midpoint aldebaran tantalum stupefaction brandt poke solvent cogent glutamic chalcedony fletcher ms threw cardamom mcintosh vito danzig prerequisite doubtful giggle grade rho anise clarinet belch mort aware deem around polygynous terrapin butterfield menlo
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Just thought that you might want to now that it is finally here.
crusoe nighttime plug batten textual hardhat charta turing allan longish sonogram bambi cloak centrist
[payload link deleted]
assort definition alliterate bebop met refugee amy astronaut desegregate abbot automat successor inventor harrison introspect immaterial miranda capillary quonset aghast extent insofar schnapps blare”
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That is the entire spam (wasn’t that a thrilling read?)
The good folks at AdSense Central proffered only one “targetted” ad in this email. The ad?:
“Rare Lost Seabiscuit Film
Documentary of Seabiscuit made in 1939 by Charles Howard. Now on DVD!
www.legendfilms.net”
Hey, don’t ask us, we don’t write ’em, we just report ’em. Can you make sense of that pairing?
On a far more insidious level, most of the spam we’ve received in Gmail has displayed AdSense ads for anti-spam products.
Doesn’t that make one wonder whether there is any real incentive for them to keep your spam away from you?
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