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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. .|

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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

BookmarkBridge — Keeps bookmarks in sync between multiple browsers: [link]. SpamBayes — Trainable anti-spam plugin for Outlook (may work with other clients as well): [link]. Here are mine, minus obvious ones like Gmail and Firefox (note that many are only free for home use).

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Free and open source tool #5: WordPress

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

WordPress is expandable with tons of plugins. It basically eliminates comment spam, which, as you probably know, is the bane of bloggers everywhere. I will add a backlink and bookmark your site. It is another of those open source software applications that “just works.&# Installation of WordPress is scarily easy.