The SPAM-O-LATOR is now in Beta

The SPAM-O-LATOR broadcast email generator is now in Beta. The first batch of emails was sent out, with a 50% rate of rejection--presumably by SPAM filters. The Web Curmudgeon Foundation, developer of the application, joins Craig's List and The Pirate Bay in taking no responsibility for the way in which the software they develop is used.

The SPAM-O-LATOR is being developed in Flash CS4, PHP, and MySQL. The application parses an LDIF file, pulling out the names and email addresses, then populates these into a table. Next, it uploads an HTML file to a server. This file comprises the message to be sent. Contained within this HTML file is a tag . The PHP script regexes out this tag, and looping over the database, replaces the tag with the first name of one of the entries in the database, thus creating the illusion of personalization. It next writes the headers, mails out the file, and then goes to the next name.

After the SPAM-O-LATOR got caught is a SPAM filter, it was modified to send out multiple mails within specific domains at intervals. The user enters a time interval. Multiple emails to that domain are stored in a list, then sent out one-by-one at the timed interval specified.

Beta testers are welcome. Please contact the Curmudgeon by using the form at the bottom of this page, or by IMing him using the chat badge in the upper right part of the page.

See also:

• 20 Email Design Best Practices and Resources for Beginners by Matthew Kirk, on net tutes+.