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31 May 2005, 1:09 pm

I got this in my inbox today:

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Informe de e-mail no entregado / Underlivered E-mail Report Inbox

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**Extension de Archivo Peligrosa: .exe **

Su Mensaje enviado a: [email protected] Fue bloqueado por el Servicio Anti-Spam/Virus FireWall de Dinamic.com, debido a que contenia archivo(s) adjunto(s) con extension no permitida (.exe).

Este mensaje NO FUE ENTREGADO:
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Para su seguridad este tipo de extensiones de archivo, es bloqueada.

Atentamente,
Departamento Operaciones
Dinamic.com
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**Dangerous File Extension: .exe **

Your Message sent to: [email protected] Was Blocked by Dinamic.com Anti-Spam/Virus FireWall Service, as the attachment(s) file extension has been prohibited (.exe).

This Message was NOT DELIVERED:
Subject:

For your safety this file extension type is blocked.

Regards,
Operations Department
Dinamic.com
Final-Recipient: rfc822; [email protected]
Action: failed
Status: 5.7.1
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.7.1 Message content rejected, id=19456-01-166 - BANNED: .exe
Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:07:20 -0400 (CLT)



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1K Download

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At first I assumed it was just one of the occasional things that slip past the gmail spam filters, but it doesn't look like the usual '8uy V14g4rA' or 'Dear sir, you are not being knowings me, but...' spams. Anyone have any ideas about what's up (and no, I didn't send anything to [email protected])?


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31 May 2005, 1:20 pm

I get those occasionally - I assume they are probing - a fair few people will reply denying sending the mail and that way they have a verified live email account to sell to spammers. :evil:

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31 May 2005, 1:39 pm

<Wishes he had a 'G14nT_4L13n_455_Pr083.exe' to send them>

Please excuse the leet. My IQ is now back to normal.


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31 May 2005, 1:57 pm

LMAO... :lol: :lol: :lol: Ph3aR +3h l33tn3$$.....


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31 May 2005, 4:28 pm

Now I'm confused again... :(


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31 May 2005, 5:08 pm

By the leet, or the email?


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31 May 2005, 5:11 pm

Translated into English Scoots:

PeterMacKenzie wrote:
<wishes he had a 'Giant_alien_a**_probe.exe' to send them>


duncvis wrote:
Fear the leetness...


Sad, I know. :P (but funny)


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31 May 2005, 5:29 pm

Don't worry. I only know it because I was bored one night and read up on it at wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet


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31 May 2005, 5:32 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet wrote:
...Leetspeak often represents an intermediate stage in a user's use of the Internet. First there is the "newbie" stage, where the user is ignorant about the customs and language of the Internet. Next there is the Leet stage, where the user has obtained enough information to "speak leet" to prove their superiority over "newbies" or to simply shorten typing time. Grammar (especially capitals etc) is often ignored in this stage. Many Internet users of high-school age are in the stage. The third and final stage is a more mature stage, where most words are spelt in full and grammar is used correctly. Most major websites are hosted by people in this stage—highly Internet savvy people who only use leet ironically. For example, Halo Bungie.org (http://halo.bungie.org) and Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com)....


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31 May 2005, 10:14 pm

PeterMacKenzie wrote:
<Wishes he had a 'G14nT_4L13n_455_Pr083.exe' to send them>

Since you don't have one, maybe you can just find out where they live and use your shoe instead! :lol:



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01 Jun 2005, 1:59 am

Mostly I wear hiking boots. Would that do?


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01 Jun 2005, 7:40 am

PeterMacKenzie wrote:
Mostly I wear hiking boots. Would that do?


If their steel tipped...

BTW, I was confused about the "leet". Come to think of it, I still am. Isn't that mainly a hacker thing?


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01 Jun 2005, 9:38 am

It started out that way, apparently as a means to circumvent filters on forums that were targetting conversations about hacking (since the people hosting the forums didn't want any visits from people in suits and dark glasses), but soon became a status symbol, as more experienced hackers were able to use and understand increasingly obsfucated leet, for example, someone might start out with simple things like:

"wH4+'S j00R nAME" for "what is your name" (wikipedia),

then move onto more complicated things that only experienced leet speakers would be able to read:

"/\/\?|<£'§ 1££+ §|<?11§ þ|/\||\| _|??" for "Mike's leet skills own you" (wikipedia)

Now it's not used seriously anywhere except by really lame 12 year olds, has lost all it's status and is now used in a sarcastic or humerous manner, eg:

"L0l!!!11!eleventy-one1!1!11one1!!!exclamationmark!!11oneone!1" (excessively over-punctuated 'lol')

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet


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