14 December, 2007

Spam

Have you noticed any reduction in the amount of spam since the new law banning unsolicited emails was passed?

I haven't.

What I have noticed is the increase in the amount getting through the spam filter since xtra went yahoo.

I just checked the household email:
Spam filter - 66
Inbox - 23, 10 of which were obviously more spam.

You'll have to check my maths but I think that means that 11% of all email received was incorrectly (as in not) filtered or that 43% of the inbox was spam. Take your pick.

Want to guess what was left after the seasonal oversupply of etailing offers (for want of a better term) was removed?

Less than a paw full.

The moral is be careful what you put in the subject line of any email you want the recipient to read cos' if it doesn't look legit or relevant it ain't getting opened let alone read.

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