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A Timeline Of Spam And Antispam

Posted by timothy on from the yes-that's-evil-vs.-good dept.

Haak writes "American Scientist has a fine article by Brian Hayes summing up the history of spam and proposed measures to deal with it." A shorter article along the same lines is running at The Economist.

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  1. Re:The solution to getting rid of spam... by GnarlyNome · · Score: 3, Funny

    But..But ..my delete key wore out

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  2. Well.... by Gefiltefish · · Score: 5, Funny


    I'm gonna need all that money from Nigeria to afford the necessary penis enlargement and credit rating accentuation!

    Examined from the inside, the world of spam has created its own perverse little self-sustaining ecosystem.

  3. Antispam by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 4, Funny

    *scotty voice*
    Captain, the spam/antispam reactor is gon ta blow!! I cant give ya any more porno!

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  4. From the article... by ktakki · · Score: 4, Funny
    A few consulting firms and foundations have also surveyed the volume of spam. Jupiter Research estimates that the average e-mail user gets about 2,200 spams a year, and the Gartner Group says that corporate e-mail is 25 to 35 percent spam.


    In 2002 I received over 18,000 pieces of spam, for a total of 163 megabytes. Compare this with the year 2000 (6 MB) and 1996 (183 KB). Based on the spam I've gotten so far this year, 2003 should see a bumper crop of 25 to 30 thousand pieces. This is just my POP3 account, and not my venerable Hotmail account that's now a smoking hole in the ground.

    If I'm ever lucky enough to meet a spammer in person, I will kick him in the nuts repeatedly, until he sings soprano. Of course, I'll be chanting "Just hit Delete...just hit Delete" the whole time.

    k.
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  5. the anti-spam measures by jnana · · Score: 4, Funny

    should be as effective as slashdot's anti-troll measures... **ducks**