Dan Crutcher wrote: > Only slightly off subject ... Several months ago, out of curiosity, I set up > a mail management rule in my email program that automatically routes to a > particular folder all email that contains the word "Viagra," several of its > variant spellings or any of several words commonly used to describe the male > sex organ. The idea was to make it easier to avoid such email, but also to > track just how much spam I receive on that subject. > > The result: From April 12, 2003 (when I set up this folder) to today, July > 31, 2003, I have received 2074 emails relating to Viagra and/or penis > enlargement. That's an average of 17.7 emails per day on just that one > subject. I'd say spam has gotten out of hand. > > Dan > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be August 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > I practically never get spam. Is that because Insight filters it? I never got any with IgLou, either. Suzanne Blake
| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
