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MSNBC: Offices Remain Spam Free Zones

Posted by timothy on from the perhaps-in-some-other-bubble dept.

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.

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  1. Oh great by dagg · · Score: 5, Funny
    The spammers are going to treat this as a challenge. "What? My spam isn't getting to the MSNBC employees? I gotta do better!"

    --Signature Spam

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    Sex - Find It
  2. Spam not a problem... by Toasty16 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...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!

  3. At work, I get a different kind of SPAM by pheph · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

  4. i disagree by frenetic3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 :)

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    "Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
    1. Re:i disagree by Idarubicin · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can't say it often enough. I love PINE. If I started get pornographic ASCII art, I'm pretty sure that most of my female coworkers would be amused, not offended.

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      ~Idarubicin
  5. Don't worry. by EggplantMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  6. Re:Or just lack of exposure? by AugstWest · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  7. Re:I shall have to report you... by SEWilco · · Score: 4, Funny

    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).