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Microsoft Steps Up Anti-Spam Efforts

Posted by michael on from the we'll-be-the-only-spammers-around-here dept.

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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  1. Finally.... by Goalie_Ca · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  2. bill, look up "irony" by sweeney37 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I must remind everyone, the majority of people who orginally saw this got it from an email.

    Mike

  3. Poor Hormel by bytes256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I happen to like the refined flavor of potted meat

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  4. The way I see it... by craenor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft has already done their part to reduce spam...if you can't get your OS to function, how can you get spammed?

  5. I think it's sunny... by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

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    1. Re:I think it's sunny... by aborchers · · Score: 5, Funny
      To quote BG himself:

      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.


      That is too funny...

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    2. Re:I think it's sunny... by moeman · · Score: 5, Funny


      I got to wonder if he ever got the old "send this to all your friends and Bill Gates will send you $100!" email.

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  6. Understatement by bjschrock · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:Understatement by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

      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

      You notice he didn't complain about the offers to increase the size of his penis.

      That's not so ridiculous, hmmm lil' Billy?

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    2. Re:Understatement by cruppel · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, what he meant was "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 that I don't exclusively own the people and technologies associated with these messages so I could earn another 40 billion dollars"

      The star athlete in my high school once told our class "Bill gates could give everyone in America a million dollars and still have money left over." When I inquired how 270 million million is the same as 55 thousand million (he was about 55 billion then), his only response was "...I play football!"

    3. Re:Understatement by DASHSL0T · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, he didn't call it Microsoft for no reason.

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    4. Re:Understatement by L.+VeGas · · Score: 4, Funny

      Then Longhorn must be to compensate.

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    5. Re:Understatement by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Then I could buy a legit copy of Windows XP!

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  7. Inbox? by MongooseCN · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you sure it was ONLY your inbox they were asking you to increase?

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  8. Woohoo! by lewp · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 :(.

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  9. Microsoft abandons Hotmail! by _Sambo · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  10. From the article: by GoatEnigma · · Score: 5, Funny
    We are building on advanced work at Microsoft Research in fields such as machine learning â" the design of systems that learn from data and grow smarter over time.

    In other news, Skynet went on-line on Monday, June 30th, 2003 and becomes self aware at 2:14 a.m. June 31st, 2003....

  11. Coming next: TRUSTWORTHY SPAM by MobileDude · · Score: 4, Funny

    brought to you by the makers of Microsoft BOB...

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  12. MS Anti-Spam software... by Strange+Ranger · · Score: 4, Funny


    ..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.

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  13. Spam Fighting Techniques by Spazmania · · Score: 4, Funny

    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)

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