AOL Cans 1 billion Spams In One Day

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AOL Cans 1 billion Spams In One Day

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 5, 2003 @01:59PM from the high-water-mark-for-low-water-marks dept.

linuxwrangler writes "AOL announced today that its spam filters hit the 1 billion reject mark for a 24 hour period. This is an average of 28 rejects per day per member. In addition, AOL spam engineers say they receive 5.5 million spam submissions each day from AOL users. Other reports here(1) and here(2)."

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and... ? by rastachops · 2003-03-05 14:03 · Score: 0, Flamebait

we all know that AOL spams people and is spammed. Im not surprised its this high, afterall spammers deserve spam.
Re:Failure rate? by trmj · 2003-03-05 14:19 · Score: 2, Flamebait

Yep. From what I have noticed in real life, every person who still uses AOL is quite adept at complaining. Reporting these spams is the best way to complain to AOL about them.

They are just doing what they do best.

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Re:Failure rate? by buswolley · 2003-03-05 14:43 · Score: 0, Flamebait

stupid moderators. how is that interesting?

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Slashdot math at work by NotAnotherReboot · 2003-03-05 14:54 · Score: 0, Flamebait

1 billion - 5.5 million = 15
Re:Microsoft ads on Slashdot by swtaarrs · 2003-03-05 15:53 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I know that you all think nothing good could ever come out of Microsoft, but Visual Studio is a very good product. I don't love Microsoft, I hate many of the things they do, but I use Visual Studio of my own free will and I love it. I wouldn't be surprised if this comment gets modded down simply because I said something good about Microsoft.....