Is this a new type of spam?

[Bill Horne]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wizard" <wizard at neonedge.com>
To: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 8:13 PM
Subject: Is this a new type of spam?


> I just received an email that wasn't blocked by my spam filter. And when I
> opened it....hey this guy is pretty smart - all of the typical keywords
are
> broken by html comments. Has anyone else seen this before?
> Here's a bit of the spam:
> =====================================================================
> <DIV align=center></DIV>
> <P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hum<!--wizard-->an
> Gro<!--wizard-->wth Hor<!--wizard-->mone Ther<!--wizard-->apy</FONT>
> </B></P>

[snip]

Grant,

The spammers and anti-spammers are, and always will be, in an arms race.
Unless/until spam is controlled by law, the only thing to do is encourage
your ISP to use SPEWS or similar services, and go after the spammers
whenever you can.

Bill