BREAKFAST WITH SPAM

uExpress, July, 2003 by Bob Schwabach

I have lost count of the number of spam-fighting programs I've tried. They all work, more or less, and they're all not worth a nickel.

The problem, oh programmers from the Purple Planet, is this: It takes more time to use a spam filter and review its results than it takes to simply delete the spam in the first place. It doesn't just take a little more time. It typically takes five to 10 times more time.

Outlook Express for Windows is by far the most popular Web browser in the known universe. It comes with every new computer. Log onto the Internet and in comes the spam. The fastest way to cut it is to click on the first piece of e-mail that comes in. Then hold down the shift key and hit the down arrow to move through the list. If you get a lot of spam, you can move...

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