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 Post subject: Spam
PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:59 am 
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30 years old this weekend:

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Spam - the scourge of every e-mail inbox - celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend.

The first recognisable e-mail marketing message was sent on 3 May, 1978 to 400 people on behalf of DEC - a now-defunct computer-maker.

The message was sent via Arpanet - the internet's forerunner - and won its sender much criticism from recipients.

Thirty years on, spam has grown into an underground industry that sends out billions of messages every day.

Statistics gathered by the FBI suggest that 75% of net scams snare people through junk e-mail. In 2007 these cons netted criminals more than $239m (£121m).

Statistics suggest that more than 80%-85% of all e-mail is spam or junk and more than 100 billion spam messages are sent every day. :shock:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7380788.stm


Bane of my life this stuff - I've several different email accounts, so get hundreds every day. Have just upgraded my Spam filter to more draconian levels, and it seems to be helping, but the worry then is losing genuine messages... :tickedoff


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 Post subject: Re: Spam
PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 12:35 pm 
I hope that doesn't include the email I sent you yesterday regarding my Lay-z-Buoy website :shock: :shock:

You do realise you're going to get even more now :smilielol


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 Post subject: Re: Spam
PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 5:29 pm 
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I don't know why but I get around 250 spam emails a week :( .

I hit an all time high for the two months after xmas when I was averaging 400 a week :shock: .

At least I know my email is working :lol:

Bill


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 Post subject: Re: Spam
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I get about 20 per weeks sometimes none 8)

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