One Third of Email Now Spam 431
Himanshu writes "The volume of spam received by business has doubled over the last two years and it's going to get worse.
Analysts IDC reckons that spam represented 32 per cent of all email sent on an average day in North America in 2003, doubling from 2001. That figure is less than the 50 per cent or more junk mail statistic commonly cited by email-filtering firms like MessageLabs and Brightmail but it still represents a serious problem,"
Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
Spam.. (Score:1, Funny)
OKay then (Score:5, Funny)
Well, in that case, (Score:5, Funny)
Almost there... (Score:5, Funny)
... another 2/3 to go then our job is done.
Sanford Wallace
Wow! It's down to 1/3? (Score:5, Funny)
600,426,974,379,824,381,952 ways to spell Viagra (Score:5, Funny)
http://cockeyed.com/lessons/viagra/viagra.html
1/3 seems very low (Score:5, Funny)
So bad my spam filters are too strong (Score:5, Funny)
Because of the extreme amount of spam that I get, my Bayesian spam filters are pretty strict. I lose valid email all the time!!!
Why just this morning, I came in and was going through my spam folder, and found that my good friend Gooshot Moneyface has been trying to get in touch with me! I was wondering why I hadn't heard from her for so long.
Re:Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
> of my e-mails are spam... Nobody loves me.
Post your email address to slashdot, and we will all send you friendly emails.
I don't get some of them (Score:4, Funny)
But the ones I really don't understand are the "stop spam with this email!" It's like the phone company selling you caller-ID systems that block unlisted or telemarketers numbers - then sell the telemarketers systems to get through those.
That would never happen, right?
Re:For Our CEO it's more like 98 out of 100... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't get some of them (Score:4, Funny)
Please stop measuring your son's penis.
Regards,
Child Protective Services
New Spam Filter (Score:5, Funny)
Re:compared with snail mail? (Score:5, Funny)
Pretty well. I get nearly 100% spam in my snail mail box. Marked with things like 'Past Due', 'Gomer's Collection Agency', 'We Know Where You Live'. I just chuck it all in the trash.
Re:Oh no! (Score:1, Funny)
Spam
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*sigh*
How to you do... (Score:3, Funny)
I tried to get as much spam as possible in order to test spamassassin. I posted my email address on usenet and on all porn sites i've found. I have also tried installing spyware and toolbars. Internet explorer now crash on all sites but no spam so far.
Now, i resort to post my address on slashdot
sm@bigserver.hopto.org
Re:I don't get some of them (Score:1, Funny)
That's disturbing... How do you know?
And one third of Slashdot posts are First Post (Score:5, Funny)
Re:1/3 seems very low (Score:2, Funny)
Re:600,426,974,379,824,381,952 ways to spell Viagr (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Well, in that case, (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Offended (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oh no! (Score:5, Funny)
I know when I spam I always check with each person I'm going to spam that the spam I am going to spam them with is full of spam pertains to products they would like to be spammed about.
Re:I get no spam (Score:1, Funny)
Re:1/3 seems very low (Score:3, Funny)
You may laugh at this, but if you forward some of that spam to at least 10 friends, Bill Gates will send you a check for $284 dollars. I know, a friend of mine (who is a doctor!) recently received a check for $890,642! And he also knows this prince in Nigeria who is going to help him get some more...
*sigh*
I feel bad for kill-filtering my mom, but.. what can you do?
Re:My tool (Score:5, Funny)
After spamassassin, really only a third(n/t) (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I don't get some of them (Score:4, Funny)
"Too dumb to Live Awards" (Score:5, Funny)
We should ALL do something to make the world a better place to live, ya know...
Re:My tool (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How to you do... (Score:4, Funny)
1) post your email address on a web page that is not robot protected from web crawlers
2) post your email address on Usenet
3) respond to a few of the "email us to be taken off this mailing list" spams
I'd bet using these three alone you can hit several hundred a day. Good luck.
Re:I don't get some of them (Score:3, Funny)