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ISP Chief on Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

saddlark writes "internetweek.com has another article about spam and false positives. They've talked to Barry Shein, president of The World (the worlds first dialup ISP) - someone highly affected by spam. Quote: We're victims of crime, and nobody gives a damn. That's a nice feeling -- your business is being pounded into dust by criminals, and people say, `Live with it,' Shein said." ISPs have it pretty bad since their SMTP servers are often being hijaaked to send email that nobody wants. As annoying as spam is to us (113 messages so far today!), it's even worse on that side.

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  1. Somewhat early post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, and could somebody *PLEASE* explain the "In Soviet Russia" joke. I haven't seen Yakov's show, and I doubt many others have either.

  2. I hate spammers!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.geocities.com/julielavine/julie1.jpg