# I hate spam

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 19, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399 "2008-03-19T18:40:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399/1 "2008-03-19T18:40:54Z")

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Where is all the spam coming from lately?

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**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399/2 "2008-03-19T19:28:14Z")

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On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Stedwick wrote:

> Where is all the spam coming from lately?

My first guess would be the spammers, but I have been known to be  
wrong in the past.

Blessings,  
TwP

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**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399/3 "2008-03-19T20:06:40Z")

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On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Tim P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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I like to blame Hormel personally. Some things just shouldn’t exist, no  
one  
wants it so stop producing it.

–  
“Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions  
speak  
so loud, I can’t hear a word you’re saying.”

-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)

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**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399/4 "2008-03-19T21:36:03Z")

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On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 02:39:57AM +0900, Stedwick wrote:

> Where is all the spam coming from lately?

Unsecured MS Windows machines, mostly.

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**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399/5 "2008-03-19T21:45:32Z")

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On 19.03.2008 19:27, Tim P. wrote:

> On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Stedwick wrote:
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> > Where is all the spam coming from lately?
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> My first guess would be the spammers, but I have been known to be  
> wrong in the past.

LOL

I am inclined to believe you are right this time.

robert

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**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399/6 "2008-03-19T22:19:29Z")

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> Where is all the spam coming from lately?

I think from computers.

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**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 8:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399/7 "2008-03-20T08:44:03Z")

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On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:50:00AM +0900, John W. Kennedy wrote:

> Stedwick wrote:
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> > Where is all the spam coming from lately?
> 
> Ronald Reagan shut down the loony bins.

. . . and now all three of the former inmates are running for President.

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**Author:** ![stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stedwick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stedwick)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-hate-spam/132399/8 "2008-03-20T02:50:56Z")

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Stedwick wrote:

> Where is all the spam coming from lately?

Ronald Reagan shut down the loony bins.
