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Gates 'World's Most-Spammed Man'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-you-thought-you-had-it-rought dept.

acehole writes "Bill Gates receives up to four million emails a day, and is probably the most spammed person in the world. But unlike ordinary users, he has an entire department to filter unsolicited " At least now I know why he never replies to my requests for an interview ;)

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  1. That's nice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Good. Who cares if he is the most spammed person?

  2. Re:Why not release it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Because "said filters" are people and not algorithms?

  3. Re:Why not release it? by Orgazmus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    He got himself a department to filter out his mail, not to make software that filters the mail

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  4. Re:Why not release it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The filters are human. That's why he hasn't released it.

  5. Re:Why not release it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I think what the author meant was that Gates has an entire department personally looking through his mailbox and filtering spam.

  6. Because it runs on linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Chances are, if he has software to fix his spam problems, it's open source.

  7. Tiem for a change by slashfun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Uhh, I think I would have changed me email address a long, long time ago.

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  8. Re:Email Required by rxmd · · Score: 0, Redundant
    anyone know Ballmer's?
    steveb@microsoft.com

    Brought to you in plain text for any spambot to pick up. ;)

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