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MSNBC: Offices Remain Spam Free Zones
Makarand writes "Thanks to a good job done by the tech staff and filtering software, office
workers in the US are not bothered by spam mail and the value of email
communications has not eroded. A survey conducted by Pew Internet & American
Life Project, whose findings are reported in this article by MSNBC.com, found that spam is certainly a problem for personal email accounts but not
for company provided email accounts. This is contrary to the
perception that American workers are wasting too much time battling spam." YMMV.
MM(F)V
Simon.
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...because tech workers are embracing it! I mean, why fight spam when it offers to enlarge your penis by 237% in 48 hours? This is truly a golden age of technology! Hallelujah!
Its called 'being on a distribution list'. I get so much e-mail I don't care about, I had to create a rule so that any mail sent only to me is placed directly in my inbox, otherwise it gets moved to another directory...
DILBERT:
Panel 1:
To: All Users
From: Network Admin
Please refrain from frivolous E-mail. It bogs down
the network.
Panel 2:
To: Network Admin
From: Dilbert
cc: All Users
I agree.
Panel 3:
Dilbert says, "Have you noticed there's too much
communication in the world, Dogbert?"
Dogbert says, "Yeah, every day at about this time."
well, the company i work at uses a small web hosting co for mail/www and i swear they sell my address... i almost shat in my seat when one of my [female] coworkers walked by and i was sifting through my mail by pressing the down arrow (50:1 spam ratio) and suddenly an ENORMOUS pair of breasts fills the preview pane of outlook. bit of an awkward silence after that. needless to say, i've been a bit more vigilant about spam filtering since then :)
"Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
Any time saved in this fashion is wasted when everyone leaves their desk to tell you that you left your cover sheet off this week's TPS report.
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I have an @microsoft.com account and a fairly guessable username. I'm constantly getting "thanks for signing up for our mailing list..." messages. I think there is someone out there signing me up for loads of lists just to smite me.
Yeah, the ultimate test of this was when I couldn't get Dellhost support to respond to some major problems we were having for about a week.
Finally I just cc'ed mdell@dell.com, and had a phone call within the hour.
I had one episode recently where an employees daughter had emails blocked becuause of a quote - and tagline by e e cummings.
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A survey conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project, whose findings are reported in this article by MSNBC.com, found that spam is certainly a problem for personal email accounts but not for company provided email accounts.
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Thank you Slashdot for posting this hilarious article. It's almost as good as The Onion. It's nice to end the day with such a great laugh!
--Rick "If it isn't broken, take it apart and find out why."
Are they a member of the American Association Against Acronym Abuse Alliance?
I don't approve of their methods, so I am a member of the Anti American Association Against Acronym Abuse Alliance Activists (not to be confused with the Anti-American Association Against Acronym Abuse Alliance Activists, some group of Albanians).