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Unfortunately, Mailgun is throttling the domain due to large rates of mail. All we can do is wait the ban out, I'm afraid.
Looks like you need a new domain provider; this is a show stopper.
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Looks like you need a new domain provider; this is a show stopper.
I would agree, but I make liberal use of the free limits so I can't complain much. I don't really want to spend too much money running Spamnesty.
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I would agree, but I make liberal use of the free limits so I can't complain much. I don't really want to spend too much money running Spamnesty.
Are you able to easily detect whether your account is currently blocked and add some warning to the front page? Would make it easier than just spamming sp@mnesty.com until the mails don't bounce anymore...
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The thing that makes me angry with some of those recordings is when the callers still think that they are talking to a dotty old fellow who they can con (they usually cotton on to the trick in the end). When to my ears Lenny sounds like someone with dementia who needs help and should not under any circumstances be sold to without a legal guardian present, what they seem to take from the situation is "great, I might m…
If they didn't try to get the sale, they'd probably get fired and swapped with someone who would.
I'm not sure.
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Some magnificent genius has created the perfect bot for hooking predatory telemarketers. "Lenny" is a slightly confused elderly man with poor hearing. He wanders off topic, he isn't sure what you just said and he is absolute catnip for crooks. If you haven't heard a call to Lenny, you're in for an absolute treat. This call from a tech support scammer lasts an exhausting 31 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJT…
Wow. Does it count as passing the Turing test, or the scammers don't count as experts? Come to think of it, the scammers themselves would fail the Turing test.
It would be a much easier version of the test if the AI only has to fool the examiner in a limited set of circumstances such as a scammer trying to qualify people as potential scam targets with a minimum of effort.
It would all work nicely until the spammers start creating their own bots to keep our bots busy. Bots would keep inane conversations going forever.
Then, I presume, Skynet.
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Some magnificent genius has created the perfect bot for hooking predatory telemarketers. "Lenny" is a slightly confused elderly man with poor hearing. He wanders off topic, he isn't sure what you just said and he is absolute catnip for crooks. If you haven't heard a call to Lenny, you're in for an absolute treat. This call from a tech support scammer lasts an exhausting 31 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJT…
This is quite easy to make into a phone app too, seeing how apps can intercept calls. Combine it with a phone number database like Whoscall, and one can get beautiful results.
Gamifying this kind of thing would be intriguing. I'm imagining some server that would work like spamnesty, i.e. you could easily let it handle your spam. But I'm also imagining the possibility of registering as a bot creator and plugging in your own algorithms. API-wise it would be super simple, much like creating a chatbot for Slack, but the logic could be as advanced as one would like. The server would then score…
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The thing that makes me angry with some of those recordings is when the callers still think that they are talking to a dotty old fellow who they can con (they usually cotton on to the trick in the end). When to my ears Lenny sounds like someone with dementia who needs help and should not under any circumstances be sold to without a legal guardian present, what they seem to take from the situation is "great, I might m…
If they didn't try to get the sale, they'd probably get fired and swapped with someone who would.