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AOL Blocks 2 Billion Spam/Day

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-just-flat-out-scary dept.

T_moz writes "According to this article AOL has blocked over two billion (2000000000) SPAM emails in one day!" This figure is 70-80% of all mail incoming to AOL users. Utterly insane. Unfortunately, all this blocking means spammers will just send more mail to make up for it until a real solution is found.

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  1. no wonder by DanIncognito · · Score: 4, Funny

    No wonder I can't get any help with my nigerian bank account problems!

  2. Want a solution? by DA_MAN_DA_MYTH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Execute a spammer. It's clean, it's quick, and it's efficient. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

    See if people will keep sending unsolicited email then. Matt Groening had it right with Futurama.

    Computer: "You've got mail!"
    Leela: (Groans)
    Computer: "It's not spam!"
    Leela: Ohhh

    --
    "It takes many nails to build a crib, but one screw to fill it."
  3. Good for them!!! by iwillrefuse · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, if I could only stop these assholes who send me unwanted CD-Rom's to my home 3 times a month...