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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. incredible irony by Hollins · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At the bottom of every outgoing MSN email message, Microsoft appends an advertisement without the sender's consent. Often, it touts MSN's anti-spam features.

    Only Microsoft could sell itself as an anti-spam company by adding spam to every email from its subscribers.

  2. Stupid Slashdot Posters by Emugamer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was so close to just using all my mod points to knock 5 points of karma off of some really stupid posters and hopefully make a dent in stupid moderators but I decided just because I think most of you are stupid doesn't mean that I have to mark everyone as flaimbait or overrated or troll.

    GET FUCKING OVER IT. if the evil empire does something good, then let them do it. of course its in their best interests... either they do something like this to keep their customers happy or they lose market share. just nod and say its about time and figure out if anything new technology wise will come out of this to help us non-microsoft using people..

    anyways sorry for the rant but you guys seriously piss me off sometimes

  3. Re:The ominous cloud of evil remains by 2short · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "corporations are granted lability exemptions by the government only because they supposedly provide benefit to the public"

    They benefit the public because as a legal entity seperate from the individuals holding shares, they must pay taxes seperately, and in addition to those paid by the individuals. Except that Bush is trying to do away with that. Not sure why he thinks corporations should get liability protection in that case...