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Email (As We Know It) Doomed?

Posted by timothy on from the whitelists-plus-aggressive-filters dept.

Mephie writes "A pretty interesting article at Slate.com takes a look at how spam may be killing email as we know it. With the increase of spam, the argument is made that more users will switch from blacklisting spammers to 'whitelisting' specific, trusted addresses, making email more like instant messaging: if you're not on someone's 'buddy list,' you have to prove you're an actual person (e.g. identify a word in an image) to send a message." May be?

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  1. Re:I don't even use email anymore by selderrr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've got root on your toaster.

    By logic, this means I've got my toaster around your carrot... And I'm about to switch it on...

    Who's the scared one now eh ??

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  2. Re:I don't even use email anymore by gomerbud · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I make some innocent joke about NetBSD, and you guys have to turn it all perverted... Shesh... I bet youre one of those perverted Plan9 users.

    This simple play on words made me laugh pretty hard.

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  3. perverted? We don't need no stinken' roots by DrSkwid · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    We're few and far between but we're watching you!

    A plan9 users orgy would no doubt be a truly frightening experience.

    With names like DeGood, Bitting, Cox, Pike, Yigit, Boyd, Digby, petra, Skip - throw in a couple of the Japanese [you know what *they're* like] it would be a night to remember.

    There's only one female poster on the mailing list that I can recall [luckily Scandinavian so at least she's probably broad minded].

    So, dress up in your Glenda the Bunny suit and come and join the fun.

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    There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter