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spam filtering by ISPs

spam filtering by ISPs

Posted May 15, 2004 17:19 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: 82% of email is spam by bronson
Parent article: 82% of email is spam

We may be using different definitions of ISPs; I believe this thread is about providers of email mailboxes. AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Earthlink, ...

I know these guys filter spam based on content. I see it in my own Yahoo mail account, and Earthlink advertises it. So why is spam still effective? Are they not filtering enough? Are users opting out?


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