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Spam Increases Make Things Tough For Companies

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the to-say-nothing-of-little-old-me dept.

dosten sent us a link to a story running on Cnet about the spam epidemic. My favorite stat is that by 2006, we'll be getting 1400 spam a year. Of course, I already get that every week. Talks about foreign spam relays, block lists, and so on. Decent piece explaining a huge problem that's only getting worse.

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  1. Law makers might realize the problem. by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 5, Funny
    Maybe after seeing this lawmakers will realize the extent of the problem.


    The Chinese government ignored SPAM problems, until enough people blacklisted China and then they took notice.


    Maybe we should forward all the spam that we receive to congress, with a little note attached. Maybe they would take notice, then.

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  2. How profitable is spam? by Yoda2 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I know its cheap, but I'm really curious to see how much spammers really profit from their ads. There has to be a certain profile for the person who really believes that they can enlarge their penis by "clicking here".

    Maybe the spammers should focus on only AOL addresses since their members seem to like daily solicitation, and leave the rest of us alone!