Public Perl win

[Nik Clayton]

Smylers wrote:
> Nik Clayton writes:
> 
>> This sounds like a good public win for Perl:
>>
>> http://www.jgc.org/blog/2007/05/some-architectural-details-of-signal.html
> 
> Hmmm:
> 
>   Signal Spam lets people send spams via either a web form, or a
>   plug-in.  Plug-ins are currently available for Outlook 2003, Outlook
>   2007 and Thunderbird 2.0; more coming.
> 
> Just what the world needs -- a system for sending spam!

You appear to be misreading it -- it's a system for reporting spam 
that's been received, and forwarding the reports on to the appropriate 
responsible parties (e.g., so that ISPs can easily locate and block 
botnet infested customers).

N