ISP Chief on Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday December 21, 2002 @05:40AM 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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new slashdot drinking game by happystink · 2002-12-21 10:53 · Score: 1, Redundant

Everytime CmdrTaco mentions how much spam he gets (in a sort of passive agressive brag about how widespread his email address is since he's soo famous), be non-plussed and go to another site. Oh wait, I guess it's not a drinking game really..

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