And in the right corner

HB!RightCorner!Plain

  18 June 2003

Description

Adding a legitimate but odd word at the far right of the subject line (typically preceded with lots of spaces and tabs). The word is design to poison a Bayesian filter and alter the spam's hash value.

Submitted by Gary Robinson.

Example

Subject: FEATURED IN MAJOR MAGAZINES         algorithmic

Entries

Are you feeling lucky, Sergey?

Spammers compendium entry - Are you feeling lucky, Sergey?

Pretty Darn Fancy

Spammers compendium entry - Pretty Darn Fancy

In the background

Spammers compendium entry - In the background

Doing The Twist

Spammers compendium entry - Doing The Twist

A Flash In The Pan

Spammers compendium entry - A Flash In The Pan

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