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Microsoft Steps Up Anti-Spam Efforts
An anonymous reader writes "Bill Gates announces new focus at Microsoft to abolish spam. Read the announcement titled Toward a Spam-Free Future."
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they can stop sending me spam asking me to pay to increase the size of my inbox because of excess spam.
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I must remind everyone, the majority of people who orginally saw this got it from an email.
Mike
I happen to like the refined flavor of potted meat
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Microsoft has already done their part to reduce spam...if you can't get your OS to function, how can you get spammed?
I just have to chuckle, I wonder what really goes through his head (Bill Gates) when he gets Spam e-mails to help him "Get out of debt NOW!!!" Heh...
Moderation: Put your hand inside the puppet head!
Like almost everyone, I receive a lot of spam every day, much of it offering to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It's ridiculous.
Bill Gates
I think Bill just won the understatement of the year award.
Are you sure it was ONLY your inbox they were asking you to increase?
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It looks like our spam problems are almost over. I mean, look at what happened when Microsoft decided to "focus on" getting rid of security holes in their products...
:(.
Oh yeah
Game... blouses.
U.S. Government:
1. War on Communism - ongoing
2. War on Drugs - ongoing
3. War on Poverty - ongoing
4. War on Terrorism - ongoing
Microsoft:
1. War on Crappy Security - ongoing
2. War on Linux - ongoing
3. War on Spam - ongoing
# of wars completed: 0
Newsflash:
In an effort to curb spam, Microsoft shut down it's web-based email service.
"75% of this planet's spam originates on our servers" Bill Gates was quoted as saying today. "By abolishing Hotmail, and moving to a commercial email solution, our users will be able to reduce their spam intake."
The leaders of the "free" world were skeptical as to the veracity of Gates' comments.
"Another free throw-away service is going down the toilet," said John Q. Public, the CEO of ILIKEFREESTUFF.COM. "Hotmail was the last way for people to assert themselves anonymously and freely on the internet. Granted that most of the assertions that people made were spam, but it's still an assertion."
Gates was not available for comment on his comments.
In other news, Skynet went on-line on Monday, June 30th, 2003 and becomes self aware at 2:14 a.m. June 31st, 2003....
1983 "640K should be enough for everybody"
Eternity: will that be smoking, or non-smoking? I Corinthians 6:9-10
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..is the process of automatically updating...
Critical Update #S15896b: This update will prevent the software from automatically replying to many types of spam sent using the HTML format.
Critical Update #S15897: This update will prevent MS Anti-Spam from automatically deleting certain payment-due notices from certain online services, notably, AOL and your electric company.
Security Update #5498443676a: This update will prevent a malicious spammer from using javascript to turn your installation of MS Anti-Spam into an open SMTP gateway.
Please do not interrupt this automatic update process, which has been activated for your convenience and protection.
Operator, give me the number for 911!
So let me see if I have the major companies' spam fighting techniques down:
Earthlink -- fighting spam with challenge/response
AOL -- fighting spam with lawsuits
MSN -- fighting spam with position papers (marketing materials)
Moderating "-1, Disagree" is simple censorship. Have the guts to post your opinion.
Now that Bill has solved the security problems in his products, he is moving on to spam. Way to go!