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NYT on Spam Cops

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the game-is-on dept.

yet another coward writes "The New York Times reports on new measures against spam. (Sperm sample required, sorry ladies) Microsoft has increased efforts to track and prosecute spammers. Hotmail receives 2 billion (2 * 10^9) spam messages per day. In a twist of weirdness, the Direct Marketing Association is funding investigators who cooperate with the FBI on spam investigations. Spamhaus also gets a mention."

3 of 215 comments (clear)

  1. Only 2 billion spams a day? by messiuh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jeeze, my Optonline single account gets about that per day.

    Come to think of it, I suppose if I got that many free samples of Viagra, I could start my own Pharmaceuticual company.

  2. Sperm Sample??? by Sinus0idal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh dear, worse than spam is hundreds of thousands of Slashdotter sperm samples winging their way to NYT...

  3. confuzzled by bestguruever · · Score: 5, Funny

    oh man, Mr. McBride and Microsoft in the same story and its actually a good thing? My head hurts.

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