Re: Question about AI generated spam and prompts
Charles Sprickman <[email protected]> Sat, 30 May 2026 12:39:54 -0400
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--Apple-Mail=_D01572ED-2FCD-4435-BD76-78E4FA02B7E1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Tangent: I am getting this same sort of spam like crazy, so if there's = any tips, secret rulesets, etc., I'm all ears. It feels so targeted - I add/adjust RBLs in Postscreen to just drop a = ton of stuff at the front door and things let up for a few weeks and = then it all comes back, same stuff over and over again - clearly the = same little spam gang. I guess they just find a new set of "bulletproof" = hosts to switch too whenever they see a certain amount of rejections = across the board? It truly sucks how the spammers are yet another = partner in driving people to put all their email accounts in the hands = of the dozen or so providers that have the resources to build their own = functional internal spam filtering solutions. No little 2-man shop that = just wants to offer email as a bonus for some other service or a = hobbyist has the resources to be cobbling up their own little special = rulesets every day... /rant C > On May 30, 2026, at 12:07=E2=80=AFAM, Tom Williams via users = <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > Hi! A friend of mine is getting hammered with Costco, AAA, Lowe's and = similar spam. I don't know how they got her email address, but she's = getting flooded. Her email account is on a shared hosting platform = (Hostgator) and while Spamassassin is installed and configured, it's = blocking only so much of this. =20 >=20 > Anyway, I'm writing because tonight, she started getting messages that = contain the text of a prompt for an AI engine to generate the spam = email. lol >=20 > My questions: >=20 > Is having access to the prompt text useful in helping Spamassassin = detect and filter out AI generated spam? > Would it be worthwhile to create any kind of rule to look for the = prompt text to help in filtering out the messages? > I have a few samples of these if anyone is interested. >=20 > Thanks in advance! >=20 > Peace... >=20 > Tom >=20 --Apple-Mail=_D01572ED-2FCD-4435-BD76-78E4FA02B7E1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;">Tangent: I am getting this same sort of = spam like crazy, so if there's any tips, secret rulesets, etc., I'm all = ears.<div><br></div><div>It feels so targeted - I add/adjust RBLs in = Postscreen to just drop a ton of stuff at the front door and things let = up for a few weeks and then it all comes back, same stuff over and over = again - clearly the same little spam gang. I guess they just find a new = set of "bulletproof" hosts to switch too whenever they see a certain = amount of rejections across the board? It truly sucks how the spammers = are yet another partner in driving people to put all their email = accounts in the hands of the dozen or so providers that have the = resources to build their own functional internal spam filtering = solutions. No little 2-man shop that just wants to offer email as a = bonus for some other service or a hobbyist has the resources to be = cobbling up their own little special rulesets every = day...</div><div><br></div><div>/rant</div><div><br></div><div>C<br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On May 30, 2026, at 12:07=E2=80=AFAM, Tom Williams = via users <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div> =20 <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUTF-8"> =20 <div style=3D"padding-bottom: 1px;"><p>Hi! A friend of mine is = getting hammered with Costco, AAA, Lowe's and similar spam. I don't know how they got her email address, but she's getting flooded. Her email account is on = a shared hosting platform (Hostgator) and while Spamassassin is installed and configured, it's blocking only so much of = this. </p><p>Anyway, I'm writing because tonight, she started = getting messages that contain the text of a prompt for an AI engine to generate the spam email. lol</p><p>My questions:</p> <ol> <li>Is having access to the prompt text useful in helping Spamassassin detect and filter out AI generated spam?</li> <li>Would it be worthwhile to create any kind of rule to look for the prompt text to help in filtering out the messages?</li> </ol><p>I have a few samples of these if anyone is = interested.</p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p>Peace...</p><p>Tom</p> </div> <lt-container></lt-container> </div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D01572ED-2FCD-4435-BD76-78E4FA02B7E1--