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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
What's up with the nonsense speak on the spam e-mails these days? Is it to try and defeat the spam blockers?
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Yes. Spam filters use what's called a Bayesian filter which calculates the spam ranking based on the content. Every word has a spam score; ie "viagra" would have a higher score than "turtle". Adding up all the word scores gives a spam score, so adding a nonsense paragraph brings down the overall spam score.