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eProvisia Spam Eradicator. If it's good enough for lcamtuf then it's good enough for me.

Yeah, companies have a right to report their net worth to the government in Palmyra Atoll dollars. It's the free marketplace at work!

And what you didn't remember to add, to make this even better:

* - Not all currently recognized by UN. ** - Palmyra Atoll dollars.

Granted, the whole site is bullshit, seeing that it's a US territory, not an "Uninhabited Sovereign Territory" like it says. But I still think the marketing BS oughta be kept funny :)

Yes, but does Cingular have terms like these

"(1) Warranties and waivers... LCC may choose to share any information acquired in the course of providing its services .... You henceforth void your reasonable expectation of privacy, and your constitutional rights to a fair and speedy trial."

(lots of stuff chopped, but it just makes it worse if you read the whole thing.)

I was in the process of signing up (I have a serious junkmail problem)...

If you go to http://www.dione.cc/ ?

At first glance, this solution might look like one which can be trusted as a reliable method to avoid having unsolicitated mail in one's inbox, but it takes just a little curiosity to be somewhat put off the idea of paying the stated yearly fee for the service.

On the eProvisia LLC - Spam Eradicator presentation page, it is written that for 'a low yearly fee of $19.95', one can benefit of the enjoyment of a 'guaranteed 100% protection against spam [...] with the unprecedented reliability and simplicity of [their] all-in-one solution!' It first sounds like a rather interesting deal thus said, and one is incited to read on. After all, how do they obtain an unprecedented reliability against protection? It is written further on, that 'a dedicated team of over a hundred trained Screening and Preselection Specialists, working 24 hours a day, will begin manually reviewing, hand-picking and approving important correspondence, vigilantly discarding all junk mail.' Perhaps this company has 'thousands of satisfied customers' as it is said on the same page, but I would certainly not be volunteering to pay for some people I do not know reading my personal e-mail and sorting it according to what they think is or is not what I would like to recieve in my inbox.

After all, how could I know what are the ethics of my 'Specialist', what he or she considers to be correct and what he or she considers not to be, whether or not the 'Specialist' in question may just employ some subjectivity when sorting my e-mail? What's more, from what I understand basing myself on what is indicated on the given site, the client is not actually able to recieve the e-mail marked as unsolicitated by the 'Specialist', and hence cannot verify whether or not there are some false positives with a quick glance, as one usually can. I do recognize this is intentional so the client is free of the mail marked as unsolicitated, but it would be appreciated if there was the option of recieving the junk mail with a specific tag (such as 'X-Unsolicitated') which the mail client would filter so the user of the service could have the -mail marked as unsolicitated by the 'Specialist' sent in a folder, just so results can be checked.

If I want human-powered spam filtering, I would rather try Cloudmark SpamNet as a solution. It is a product based on the active participation of the community, and it works by marking as spam mail marked as such by users of the service. Users with a greater reliability in the past use of the product have a greater influence in the marking as spam of e-mail, and the general reliability of the program is said to be of 98% if the company producing it is to be believed. (It costs $39.95 per annum for the subscription to the community filtering, though a 30-day trial version is provided.)

Too funny. Have a look at the CIA World Factbook location this company claims to be based on. Its a Natural preserve with 4-20 Nature Conservancy staff... Too funny.

One look at the terms of service ought to be enough to scare away any customer (at least one with half a brain):

Have a look at: http://eprovisia.dione.cc/tos.html. An excerpt is below:

By viewing pages or using products and services of eProvisia LCC, you acknowledge and consent to the following terms and conditions:

(1) Warranties and waivers. You understand that there are no guarantees, either expressed or implied, regarding the accuracy, confidentiality or availability of the service. eProvisia LCC may choose to share any information acquired in the course of providing its services with other entities, and may, at its sole discretion and based on this information, take whichever actions the company, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or representatives, consider to be appropriate. You henceforth void your reasonable expectation of privacy, and your constitutional rights to a fair and speedy trial.

(2) Indemnification. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify eProvisia LCC and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and representatives, from and against any legal claims, including liability for the company not adhering to the terms and conditions of this agreement.

(3) Choice of Law and Jurisdiction. These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Uninhabited Sovereign Territory of Palmyra Atoll, without giving effect to its conflict of laws and provisions of your actual state or country of residence. Any claims, legal proceedings, or litigations regarding eProvisia LCC and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and representatives, will be brought solely in and you consent to the jurisdiction of Palmyra Atoll courts.

Yikes!

Holy crap. I thought that was a joke until I read the comment below about their address being on Palmyra Atoll. Furthermore, not all 40 countries they claim to have customers in are recognized by the UN.

I also find it amusing that they have their latitude and longitude in their address.

Look at this about page.

Im going to include their footnotes on that pge in parentheses and bold.

Privately funded in 1993, now with customers in 40 countries(Not all currently recognized by UN) and over $67 million(Palmyra Atoll dollars) in cash reserves, the company experienced a phenomenal growth

Privately funded in 1993, now with customers in 40 countries* and over $67 million** in cash reserves, the company experienced a phenomenal growth and continues to aggressively pursue new frontiers in order to meet or exceed the needs of most demanding customers by providing a scalable, seamless, comprehensive offering.

Leveraging our paradigm-shifting product line with state of the art technology developed by a dedicated team of professionals, we offer a significant competitive advantage on the diversified but fragmented market of best of breed anti-spam solutions.