23 Jun
2001
23 Jun
'01
2:59 a.m.
I use a Hotmail account as the SPAM bait address when I operate on usenet, and
my Hotmail account gets about 90% SPAM. It's easy to delete, and they (Hotmail)
have even provided a sort of bulk-mail filter, which separates bulk-mail from
what seems to be normal email and puts it in a separate mailbox. This, alone,
suggests that there is some sentiment favoring preservation of the bulk-mail
concept on the internet.
My primary email, where this list is sent, has about 20% junk mail, of which
most is easily recognizable. It's about the same ratio as what arrives in the
snail-mail.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ford" <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: Wave of the Future (Spam)
I do a lot of posting, usenet etc. and I always use my real name and my
email ID is my real name, and I never do anything to hide my email address.
Maybe 10% of my email is unwanted junk, split about half and half between
spam and web site junk where I failed to say no after visiting.
Spam is so far from my problem list it isn't even funny.
My sincere guess is that the solution to spam will be more of a PITA than spam.
I don't see spam as a long term problem though.
Oh? I see it growing.