Re: Question about AI generated spam and prompts

Kirk Ismay <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:52:16 -0700
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I'll just chime in with "Me too", and I've noticed that while the 
domains used are brand new, they aren't listed on the Spam Eating Monkey 
lists:
https://spameatingmonkey.com/services

Is SEM dead? Is there a replacement?

I'll try out Jared's rules shortly.

Thanks,
Kirk

On 2026-05-30 7:20 p.m., Jared Hall via users wrote:
> You can check out:
> https://jaredsec.com/antispam/downloads
>
> You'd be interested in the file: NILS.cf.gz.
>
> Brief introduction to these rulesets:
> https://jaredsec.com/antispam/
>
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Jared Hall
>
> On 5/30/2026 12:07 AM, Tom Williams via users wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> My questions:
>>
>>  1. Is having access to the prompt text useful in helping
>>     Spamassassin detect and filter out AI generated spam?
>>  2. 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.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Peace...
>>
>> Tom
>>
>

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'll just chime in with "Me too", and
      I've noticed that while the domains used are brand new, they
      aren't listed on the Spam Eating Monkey lists:</div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://spameatingmonkey.com/services">https://spameatingmonkey.com/services</a></div>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Is SEM dead? Is there a replacement?</div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
    </div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'll try out Jared's rules shortly.</div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
      Thanks,<br>
      Kirk</div>
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    </div>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-05-30 7:20 p.m., Jared Hall via
      users wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:[email protected]">
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
      You can check out:<br>
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
        href="https://jaredsec.com/antispam/downloads"
        moz-do-not-send="true">https://jaredsec.com/antispam/downloads</a><br>
      <br>
      You'd be interested in the file: NILS.cf.gz.<br>
      <br>
      Brief introduction to these rulesets:<br>
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
        href="https://jaredsec.com/antispam/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://jaredsec.com/antispam/</a><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      Regards,<br>
      <br>
      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Jared Hall
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/30/2026 12:07 AM, Tom Williams
        via users wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:[email protected]">
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        <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>
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