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Re: [Asrg] Spam, why is it still a problem?

Seth Breidbart <sethb@panix.com> Mon, 16 January 2006 19:03 UTC

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In-reply-to: <9qBEYaDyZ2yDFwj7@siliconglen.com> (message from Craig Cockburn on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:25:06 +0000)
Subject: Re: [Asrg] Spam, why is it still a problem?
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Craig Cockburn <craig@siliconglen.com> wrote:

> Or more to the point why are we letting it still be a problem?

Why are "we" "letting" burglary, rape, murder, etc. still be problems?
They've been going on for a lot longer than spamming.

> Given that spam is still a problem, comprising about 90% of email
> and costing about $40 billion a year, why is it that there is so
> little visible progress on this list and generally regards
> implementing a solution that actually works

Which is?  (See FUSSP if you think you can answer that question.)

Seth

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