Thread: Spam 508

Spam 508

From
Simon Riggs
Date:
It appears that a bunch of spammers have invaded -hackers, claiming they
can avoid the heat death of the universe in exchange for 2 bytes.
Or something like that. :-)

Even my Krull-powered Spam filters can't cope.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs



Re: Spam 508

From
"Marc G. Fournier"
Date:
I haven't received any yet, that I can tell ... sure its coming through 
the lists, and not around them?


On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Simon Riggs wrote:

> It appears that a bunch of spammers have invaded -hackers, claiming they
> can avoid the heat death of the universe in exchange for 2 bytes.
> Or something like that. :-)
>
> Even my Krull-powered Spam filters can't cope.
>
> Best Regards, Simon Riggs
>
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Re: Spam 508

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> Even my Krull-powered Spam filters can't cope.

> I haven't received any yet, that I can tell ... sure its coming through 
> the lists, and not around them?

I think Simon is complaining about the length of the -patches thread,
not the -hackers one ...
        regards, tom lane


Re: Spam 508

From
Jan Wieck
Date:
On 12/2/2005 6:19 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> I haven't received any yet, that I can tell ... sure its coming through 
> the lists, and not around them?

Some "Tom Lane" guy and a bunch of other well known addresses sent it. 
Could be forged From fields though ;-)


Jan

> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Simon Riggs wrote:
> 
>> It appears that a bunch of spammers have invaded -hackers, claiming they
>> can avoid the heat death of the universe in exchange for 2 bytes.
>> Or something like that. :-)
>>
>> Even my Krull-powered Spam filters can't cope.
>>
>> Best Regards, Simon Riggs
>>
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Re: Spam 508

From
"Marc G. Fournier"
Date:
*roll eyes*  Its not even April Fools yet ...

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Jan Wieck wrote:

> On 12/2/2005 6:19 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> I haven't received any yet, that I can tell ... sure its coming through the 
>> lists, and not around them?
>
> Some "Tom Lane" guy and a bunch of other well known addresses sent it. Could 
> be forged From fields though ;-)
>
>
> Jan
>
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> 
>>> It appears that a bunch of spammers have invaded -hackers, claiming they
>>> can avoid the heat death of the universe in exchange for 2 bytes.
>>> Or something like that. :-)
>>> 
>>> Even my Krull-powered Spam filters can't cope.
>>> 
>>> Best Regards, Simon Riggs
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
>>>
>>>               http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
>>> 
>> 
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>>        choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
>>        match
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Re: Spam 508

From
Simon Riggs
Date:
On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 20:03 -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> *roll eyes*  Its not even April Fools yet ...
> 
> > On 12/2/2005 6:19 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >> I haven't received any yet, that I can tell ... sure its coming through the 
> >> lists, and not around them?
> >
> > Some "Tom Lane" guy and a bunch of other well known addresses sent it. Could 
> > be forged From fields though ;-)
> >

Sorry Marc, just a bit of good natured humour on a Friday afternoon.

Your vigilance protects us well; thank you.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs