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I am the Most Spammed Person in the World

Posted by timothy on from the heart-goes-out-to-you dept.

jefp writes "In November 2004, Microsoft's second-in-command Steve Ballmer made some headlines by mentioning that Chairman Bill Gates was getting four million spams per day. At the time, I was dealing with a little spam problem of my own - I was getting around a million spams per day. I found it a little comforting that my problem wasn't quite as bad as Bill's. However, a couple of weeks later Ballmer corrected himself, saying he mis-remembered the stat and Gates actually gets four million per year. This means I was getting one hundred times as much spam as Bill Gates. I've written a tutorial explaining why I get so much crapmail and how I deal with it."

3 of 478 comments (clear)

  1. Re:in the world... by bc90021 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I believe I already used that line, and got modded Offtopic for it.

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  2. Re:Don't need to RTFA... by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On the upside, now his P3n!S is freaking HUGE!!!11!

  3. Re:Full text - it's Slashdoted (minus img and tabl by Deven · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod parent up!

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