Comments on: Gates anti-spam 1 year progress report http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Make You Go Hmm: » $8 billion torn off by the scabs of the internet in America alone http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/#comment-279350 Make You Go Hmm: » $8 billion torn off by the scabs of the internet in America alone Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:56:15 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/#comment-279350 [...] Another study I read before vacation showed 96% of email is spam. 96% of mail resources wasted on spammers and scammers. Bill Gates dream of wiping out spam in the next two years could not have been any less prophetic. [...] […] Another study I read before vacation showed 96% of email is spam. 96% of mail resources wasted on spammers and scammers. Bill Gates dream of wiping out spam in the next two years could not have been any less prophetic. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Gates thinks SmartPhones will be iPod killer http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/#comment-6762 Make You Go Hmm: » Gates thinks SmartPhones will be iPod killer Fri, 13 May 2005 13:58:50 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/#comment-6762 [...] take over the iPod in the future. I’m not so certain of this prediction, just like I doubted Gates prediction that he would eradicate spam within two years (which he’s about a hal [...] […] take over the iPod in the future. I’m not so certain of this prediction, just like I doubted Gates prediction that he would eradicate spam within two years (which he’s about a hal […]

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/#comment-3851 TDavid Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:48:40 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/#comment-3851 Hi Jeremy - I won't use Norton (even though I purchased a license for the software, actually) because of that anti-business ad stripping feature they provide in their software. Also, when we did try using them for review purposes six months or so ago, they had a fairly high false positive ratio when dealing with 5-7k emails a day. For awhile we were pushing 10k emails a day but since Gmail filtering (as well as Earthlink) has improved, it is now back under 7k a day again. So the situation has improved within the last 30-60 days. Overall, though, Gates hasn't done much of anything since his prediction except sue spammers. Glad to see him doing that, but that alone won't solve the problem. Some of the other things he mentioned might, but it seems we're going to have to wait for Longhorn to see that. And as a matter of general principle, I will not support any company that has any type of feature that changes or strips content on our websites (norton antispam can removes traditional sized banner ads and button). I uninstalled the Google toolbar when they added the auto-link feature from most of our machines. The Firefox extension had everything I needed with that anyway. Hi Jeremy -

I won’t use Norton (even though I purchased a license for the software, actually) because of that anti-business ad stripping feature they provide in their software. Also, when we did try using them for review purposes six months or so ago, they had a fairly high false positive ratio when dealing with 5-7k emails a day. For awhile we were pushing 10k emails a day but since Gmail filtering (as well as Earthlink) has improved, it is now back under 7k a day again. So the situation has improved within the last 30-60 days.

Overall, though, Gates hasn’t done much of anything since his prediction except sue spammers. Glad to see him doing that, but that alone won’t solve the problem. Some of the other things he mentioned might, but it seems we’re going to have to wait for Longhorn to see that.

And as a matter of general principle, I will not support any company that has any type of feature that changes or strips content on our websites (norton antispam can removes traditional sized banner ads and button). I uninstalled the Google toolbar when they added the auto-link feature from most of our machines. The Firefox extension had everything I needed with that anyway.

]]> By: Jeremy C. Wright http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/#comment-3836 Jeremy C. Wright Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:49:20 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050412/1706/#comment-3836 The only spam I really get, thanks to Outlook and Norton, is trackback spam. I might get 1-2 other messages a day, but Outlook (mainly) and Norton (mildly) are happy to take care of my needs. In 4 months, I've only found 2 false positives as well. Spam simply isn't really a problem for me anymore. The only spam I really get, thanks to Outlook and Norton, is trackback spam. I might get 1-2 other messages a day, but Outlook (mainly) and Norton (mildly) are happy to take care of my needs. In 4 months, I’ve only found 2 false positives as well.

Spam simply isn’t really a problem for me anymore.

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