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mike-cardwellyesterday at 10:00 PM1 replyview on HN

The text is added to get around bayesian filters. The spammer doesn't want the text to be displayed to the end user though typically.


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autoexecyesterday at 10:09 PM

A smart bayesian filter would catch email with invisible text. Legitimate email shouldn't have any, but I have seen it more than once in spam