Comment spam has been around for awhile and is a pretty common experience for any blog admin. Thankfully I have Akismet to help me out, which is why I was surprised to see this email:

To: [my comment address]
From: lngdifh@mail.com
Subject: [andylaub.com] Comment:

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Website: http://pharmaduk.xshorturl.com/levitra.html
IP: 202.225.151.14

Seems pretty standard. So I wonder how this got past Akismet and wander into my admin to delete said comment, only to find that it’s not there.

And then I realize: it’s not a real comment notification. A normal subject line will be formatted with the blog name in brackets, not the URL. Furthermore, it will give links to both view the post and delete the comment.

So I’ve got to say, this is clever(?), but I don’t get the point. But asking what the point of spam is beyond being part of the internet experience has about the same point as spam itself.