The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 49, December 5, 2004, Article 18

NUMISMATIC EUPHORIA

Joel Orosz writes: " I am sure that you are familiar with
the ever-changing ways in which spam artists attempt to 
evade spam filtering programs. Recently, I have noticed
that one way that seems to be somewhat effective for the
spammers is to employ a pair of somewhat esoteric words
in the subject line. A quick check of my spam filter reveals 
subject lines of "dank bravado," profane brine," and one 
I find enticing and unfortunate all at once, "decolletage delay."  
In late November, a subject line turned up in the spam filter 
that caught my eye: "numismatic euphoria." Having experienced 
such an emotion from time to time, I suspended my disbelief 
and released it from the spam quarantine. Naturally, the 
message had nothing to do with numismatics--or for that 
matter, euphoria--but rather ocused on the possibility of 
securing a 2.9% mortgage.  I did get a chuckle, however, 
about "numismatic" turning up on the spammers' list of 
exotic words. And now I'll know not to release messages 
with a numismatic subject from quarantine--with the possible 
exception of any with the subject of "numismatic decolletage"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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