Dear So-and-So ...

[Axtremus]

How many of you have been thought to address the recipient of your letter with "Dear So-and-So"?
Do schools still teach that today?

When examining the header of a recent email, I found the following:

X-Spam-Report: 
 *  1.7 DEAR_SOMETHING BODY: Contains 'Dear (something)'

That was inserted by some spam filter software. That software assigns points to various attributes of an email, and if all the points add up to 7.0 or greater, the email is considered spam. Having a "Dear So-and-So" line in your email contributes 1.7 points towards the 7.0 points needed to classify your email as spam.

Apparently addressing your recipient with "Dear so-and-so" is now considered a sign of spam. :man-shrugging:

[Horace]

Dear Ax,

Glad to see they're not using a black box machine learning algorithm to detect spam. Those expert systems are quaint but at least comprehensible.

I have come into an inheritance but cannot access the money immediately. I need to pay my lawyer $1000 to unlock my $2,000,000 inheritance. Are you able to help me with this initial payment, in exchange for half my inheritance?

Sincerely,

Horace

[Klaus]

If Ax refuses, I'd be happy to help, Horace. However, to send you the $1000, I'd need you to send me a $50 Apple gift card, which I need for my bank to clear the transfer.

[Horace]

@Klaus said in Dear So-and-So ...:

If Ax refuses, I'd be happy to help, Horace. However, to send you the $1000, I'd need you to send me a $50 Apple gift card, which I need for my bank to clear the transfer.

Every time you spend $50 at the Apple store, I make $60 in apple stock. Joke's on you, scammer!