[Vision2020] Spam from the Future

[Paul Rumelhart]

I hope it doesn't jinx you, because at least one person in this world 
should be free of spam.

It probably means that Google does a good job of filtering spam, or that 
you haven't used your address much, or both.  Just posting here to the 
Viz will make it visible on the web.  Google has the resources to filter 
spam well, since I'm sure they can leverage some of their search engine 
technology towards that end.  Maybe next time I'll go with them.

I'm on yahoo, and I get maybe 20 a day, maybe half of which my filter 
catches.  When I was on another system, I got maybe one hundred a day.  
Since then I've gone to an approach of switching my email address every 
few years, when it gets too bad.

Paul

Janesta wrote:
> This will probably jinx me! *chuckle* I seldom get spam at gmail. 
> Perhaps a few times a week at most. When I had yahoo, my box was full. 
> Does that make a difference?
>  
> Janesta
>
>  
> On 11/4/07, *Paul Rumelhart* <godshatter at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:godshatter at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     A quick googling of my own revealed that spam costs US businesses over
>     $10 billion a year annually, and another $500 million a year for
>     ISPs.
>     Another study of Fortune 500 companies places the cost per
>     employee per
>     year at $1,934.
>
>     It's still a problem, with or without the Can Spam Act.  All
>     indications
>     are that it's gotten much worse since 2003.  I saw some estimates
>     that
>     the percentage of spam email rose in that time period from about
>     70% to
>     well over 90% of all email.
>
>     Let me know how well it works for you.
>
>     I'm skeptical that the Russian mafia will abide by it, but I may
>     be wrong.
>
>     Paul
>
>     Tom Hansen wrote:
>     > Golly, gee -
>     >
>     > A quick (between coffee sips) google of the Federal Trade
>     Commission found
>     > the "Can SPAM Act of 2003" complete with links to report violators.
>     >
>     > http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.shtm
>     >
>     > Seeya round town, Moscow.
>     >
>     > Tom Hansen
>     > Moscow, Idaho
>     >
>     > "I'll just speak for our church, in Christ Church.  If I found
>     out that a
>     > member of our church or a church officer was lying to
>     non-believers in the
>     > community, as a way to get by or protect themself or protect his
>     reputation,
>     > yes, he'd be disciplined."
>     >
>     > - Doug Wilson (January 31, 2007)
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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