Guess I just don't understand

[Aaron Grewell]

The random words are there to poison a Bayesian filter's statistical
analysis.  The payload is probably Outlook-only, or else the spammer's
particularly stupid and has forgotten to include the payload
keywords/links.

On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 15:34, David A. Bandel wrote:
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> Folks,
> 
> I've been getting a passle of stupidity lately and I'm afraid I don't
> understand what it's all about.  It's gotta be spam, but since there's
> no message, what's the point?
> 
> extract:
> From: "Elderine Beauregard"<da at YAHOO.COM>
> To: david at pananix.com
> Subject: activated  measure 
> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 23:15:37 GMT
> 
> plight crayon plums coupons horseback experimentation populate hysteric
> pouring plumbate border takeoff seasoners hydroelectric humorers
> teleconference cremation scrapers boil pouncing excavating booksellers
> sculptural mediate scopic actively scramble
> 
> criticisms scabious portent counterintuitive counselor altair expired
> boathouses crossed evils atalanta horntail adder adequacies scrutinize
> bother beirut bovines brands matronly seasonable identify braining
> adduced potted hotshot hothead
> /end extract
> 
> The babble goes on for a dozen or more paragraphs like this.  Have
> spammers just cracked?  If I didn't know better I'd try to run it
> through a steganograph, but I still don't have the key so couldn't
> decrypt the message anyway.
> 
> ????
> 
> Puzzled,
> 
> David A. Bandel
> - -- 
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