On Thursday, August 12, 2004, 10:29:43 PM, Ryan Thompson wrote:
Jeff Chan wrote to discuss@lists.surbl.org:
Using extremely specific google searches in spams was mentioned on the SpamAssassin users list, but not here. Hopefully it's something google is aware of. They could use URI lists like SURBLs to help detect if these point to a spam site.
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This *does*, however, give me an extremely clever plugin idea that would largely stop these idiots dead in their tracks. (And there's a whole realm of other opportunity opening up in this devious brain of mine).
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My brain is suddenly filled with all kinds of useful applications for the Google Search API in the fight against spam. (It's a curse).
Check out the SpamAssassin-users mailing list. They're also talking about rules to catch these types of searches.
Jeff C.