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by Carlo Longino

Tue, Jan 24th 2006 1:32pm





There's Spam, Then There's Just Crap

from the don't-you-have-work-to-do dept

As expected, Bill Gates' prediction about the death of spam isn't going to come true. Spam still represents a big problem, with one recent survey saying spam still accounts for 16% of business email -- and that's after it's run through filters. What's a little more striking, though, is that just 15 percent of email is considered "critical", though 38 percent was deemed "important, but not critical". This isn't surprising, given previous stories along similar lines, but just shows that while spam dominates the headlines, it's not the only problem with email these days. Being inundated by useless messages can reduce the overall usefulness of email as well -- so we're waiting for a pointless-message filter to install alongside the spam-catcher.

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    One of my favorites...

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    Lucas, Jan 24th, 2006 @ 2:59pm

    I wish I had a filter to filter out all the times someone emails me to tell me they are going to call me to talk about something... or some kind of voice message filter to filter the times people call me to tell me they emailed me something.

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    Re: One of my favorites...

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    Dale, Jan 24th, 2006 @ 3:42pm

    Yeah. I agree. In fact, if you'll give me your number, your email address, and your fax number, I'd like to call you to let you know I'm going to email you about a fax I'm going to send you.

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    Re: One of my favorites...

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    Andrew Wilson, Jan 24th, 2006 @ 3:43pm

    A phone call to say they've sent you an email isn't waste of time if they're concerned that your spam filter might eat the email.

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    Re: Carlo

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    Anonymous Coward, Jan 24th, 2006 @ 3:50pm

    dude. got anything useful to say in this? i mean, thanks for the numbers and all, but...

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    Re: Carlo

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    Rikko, Jan 24th, 2006 @ 4:08pm

    Wasn't his point fairly obvious?

    I'm not going to spell it out for you.

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    Re: Carlo

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    Lil' Conner, Jan 24th, 2006 @ 5:07pm

    I wish there was a way to filter out threds that suck.

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