Microsoft Cuts Down Spam By 90 Percent

[Guest]

The company claims that the spam level in Hotmail is just about 2%. The reduction also affected global spam levels to drop by 15% and Microsoft says that Hotmail outbound spam is down 75%.

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[wintermint]

Well, there should be a tom campaign to bring down all those advertising spam :]

 

[skit75]

Whatever ever happened to the $.01 /email idea? Not that it sounds like the best idea in the world but during the big spam days of a few years ago.... it didn't sound so horrible.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

[citation][nom]wintermint[/nom]Well, there should be a tom campaign to bring down all those advertising spam :][/citation]

Especially against these new bots that post something like "Thank you for sharing!!! Very useful!!!" to gain member points.

 

[Kileak]

I'm sure one of the major reasons spam has slowed down is perhaps due to the fact that people are more responsible and report it when they see it, allowing the systems in place to take action faster on what went through undetected in the first place and preventing it from getting further.

The bad part is that the junk still has to appear in some inbox before it is cleansed...

 

[Onus]

It will continue, one way or another, until all convicted spammers have their heads put in a bucket (to catch the mess) and someone pulls the trigger. The last thing they hear should be a fail horn and a game show host-style voice announcing GAME OVER. If that sounds harsh, then DON'T SPAM. Real easy. It isn't like someone can do it by accident, or in a fit of passion; it is deliberate wrongdoing, for which the world has way too much tolerance.

 

[redhotbd]

As long as the 2% of spam left doesn't have the words "Let's Facelift Bar!!!" in them... I really don't think I'll mind.

 

[Guest]

"Well, there should be a tom campaign to bring down all those advertising spam"

Firefox + Adblock + Noscript = Problem solved.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

To BillGs defense I'll ad that the spam problem WAS solved years ago. Nobody likes the solution though ($0.01 per email and/or registered senders)

 

[wintermint]

[citation][nom]Adblocker[/nom]"Well, there should be a tom campaign to bring down all those advertising spam"Firefox + Adblock + Noscript = Problem solved.[/citation]

I have those. I'm referring to people who post jordans and other fake crap for sales. They fill the forum but there has been a good drop. I'm not stupid and are much aware of adblocker and noscript, thank you very much.

 

[walter87]

I'm surprised that the amount of time this article has been posted, not a single ad spam...yet.

 

[MrBig55]

I'm surprised that the amount of time this article has been posted, not a single ad spam...yet.

hey I didn't see it before you said that. Indeed it is awesome to be able to read without scrolling down. ^^

 

[Guest]

Your grammar is bad, therefore, I figured you weren't the sharpest tool in the shed. However, if ESL, my apologies.

 

[doive1231]

I can confirm that Hotmail is good at blocking spam. Never get any in my Inbox, goes straight to junk and is deleted after a few days. However, I still look to see what it is. Usually from a company I bought something from online that I don't wish to hear from.

 

[K-zon]

Spam is Spam, most thing about Spam is knowing why you have it in the first place.

This solves probably at least 50% or more of Spam. I would say anyways. Otherwise you are basically just blocking about everything. Or most things. And calling day "solved" . Idk.

Maybe ot that bad sometimes, makes you wonder though maybe sometimes, maybe not.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Does this mean I won't get my hotmail password stolen anymore so my contacts won't supposedly get spammed by me?

 

[Usersname]

It's Microsoft's crappy Operating Systems which allowed Spam to be so endemic throughout the internet. How many hijacked Windows PC's are used to deliver this plague?

 

[bourgeoisdude]

Now if Microsoft could only solve the spam problem on Tom's sites...

 

[gm0n3y]

I've had a gmail account for 7 years now and I've probably had less than 20 spam emails in that time.

 

[cookoy]

you can't add the 15% global spam reduction to the 75% hotmail outbound spam reduction to arrive at 90% spam reduction in the header. they refer to different things. i have a hotmail account for years and i've noticed significant spam reductions over the years. appreciate all the efforts microsoft put into reducing spams.