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

Posted by michael on from the bit-bucket dept.

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'."

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  1. Paris Hilton by alatesystems · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I hate Paris Hilton a lot. She is now around 70% of my spam which is currently at about 20 a day. I use spamassassin though and I don't see spam unless I go to my spam folder. I'm at 100% accuracy for positives, negatives. I love bayes and AWL.

    Chris