You've Got Spam: AOL Blocks 1/2 Trillion Spam

yohaas writes "Yahoo! News is reporting that AOL blocked more than 500 billion spam messages for its users in 2003. That comes to 40 messages a day per user. The company regularly blocks 75-80% of all incoming mail as spam! The article also lists the top 10 spam phrases for the year, including such come-ons as: 'Viagra online', 'Online pharmacy', 'Get out of debt' and 'Get bigger'."

Comments

Re:You've got spam??!?

[KrispyKringle]

I think it was a joke. And if anything, it makes fun of e-mail more than it does AOL.

Re:Efficient my butt

[Spacejock]

I paid someone with an AOL email address back in December (using Paypal) He wrote today, telling me I should have paid for the auction within 10 days. If AOL is blocking his Paypal 'payment' messages, and AOL is blocking my ISP too, I just hope this dude heads off to the Paypal web site and checks his account before he posts a rude feedback msg for me on ebay...

Re:Imagine.

[ahknight]

Damn you. I just snorted Taco Bell.