I agree, and they'll probably market that as an Exchange addon in a year or two.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darin Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] They should try declude :) > That was my first thought as well, but I realized it was biased. Having a > "dedicated department" could mean both manual review, and developers > creating rules to eliminate spam. I can't imagine a software company not > doing some of that. > > I think there are people on this list who have probably gotten to the 99.9+% > level with the help of Declude, Message Sniffer, Spam Assassin, and the > members of this list. I'm betting Microsoft is coming up with similar > technologies and is using their accounts as a testing ground. There would > still be a manual review process to filter out the email that needs or > deserves a response, as with any high-level exec, but I can't imagine that > they don't have some sort of rules processing engine behind the bulk of the > process. > > Darin. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 8:57 AM > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] They should try declude :) > > > > >Well, the question is what are they using? And is it available to "Joe > >User"? > > Ah, they at least give a hint as to what they are using: > > "But being one of the top people at the world's top software company has > its perks. Ballmer said only about 10 junk e-mails make it through to his > inbox each day because of Microsoft's anti-spam technology." > > Given that Ballmer presumably receives in the order of 100,000s of spams a > day, that means a 99.99+% spam capture ratio. That pretty much means that > he is using the same Microsoft anti-spam technology as Bill > Gates: "practically an entire department at the company he founded is > dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox." > > So Microsoft's anti-spam technology is about as low-tech as it can > get. It's a bunch of people that go through millions of E-mails each day. > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > > ---- > This outgoing message is guaranteed to be authentic by Message Level users. > Guarantee the authenticity of your email @ http://www.messagelevel.com. > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
