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elSicomoro · 08-21-2002, 07:42 PM

I was reading an article online last week...can't remember if it was MSNBC or ZDNet. It discussed how spammers operate (anonymous e-mail servers, "plain" subject lines, etc.) and how some of the ISPs are taking them to court. In a couple of instances, a couple of spammers are suing ISPs (Earthlink, I believe, in particular) for "messing with their business."

I became a forced member of Earthlink 3 years ago (when they swallowed Mindspring), and I must say that I am impressed with their efforts to at least reduce the amount of spam that hits my accounts. They have the "Spaminator," which takes out a ton of the spam that I get. On average, I get 5-10 spams a day, the majority of them through my Earthlink accounts. The Spaminator takes out about 30-40 messages a day.

For some reason, junk mail doesn't bother me, but spam does. *shrugs*

08-21-2002, 07:42 PM	#40
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I was reading an article online last week...can't remember if it was MSNBC or ZDNet. It discussed how spammers operate (anonymous e-mail servers, "plain" subject lines, etc.) and how some of the ISPs are taking them to court. In a couple of instances, a couple of spammers are suing ISPs (Earthlink, I believe, in particular) for "messing with their business." I became a forced member of Earthlink 3 years ago (when they swallowed Mindspring), and I must say that I am impressed with their efforts to at least reduce the amount of spam that hits my accounts. They have the "Spaminator," which takes out a ton of the spam that I get. On average, I get 5-10 spams a day, the majority of them through my Earthlink accounts. The Spaminator takes out about 30-40 messages a day. For some reason, junk mail doesn't bother me, but spam does. shrugs