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From: "Caisson" <caisson AT telebyte DOT nl>
Subject: Re: A small question - Re: There are spies about..........
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer.turbovision,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
References: <3a8fabe4$19_1 AT plato DOT netscapeonline DOT co DOT uk> <01c09a4b$1619fb00$ccddebc2 AT default> <96smio$sds$0 AT 216 DOT 155 DOT 0 DOT 50>
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Date: 20 Feb 2001 08:15:22 GMT
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Arthur Sowers <arthures AT magpage DOT com> schreef in artikel <96smio$sds$0 AT 216 DOT 155 DOT 0 DOT 50>...
> On 19 Feb 2001, Caisson wrote:
> > jbquhz AT safesurfers DOT org schreef in artikel <3a8fabe4$19_1 AT plato DOT netscapeonline DOT co DOT uk>...
> > [Snip]
> > > ycpygkiyzeejfoiehhoppiqxcbhsyqweflbcqcxkqffygcuhwflzgt
> > 
> > What's this ?  It looks like someone just banged his/her keyboard.
> > Does it *mean* something, or is it just some rubbish to make
> > this message different from all the other messages-with-the-
> > same-contents. (aka SPAM) ?
> 
> I think it means something, but I don't know what. A lot of spam seems to
> contain a segment of jibberish like this. 

To me it looks more like an attempt to make every message appear different for Anti-Spam filters that use the sender's name and a
check-sum of the contents of the message.  The jibberish will throw-off the checksum every time.

But if it is some kind of "secret message", could somebody tell me what it's meaning is.

Regards,
  Caisson


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