Over half of all e-mail traffic is SPAM these days, and it's getting worse, costing businesses $20 billion a year in lost productivity. Most of it originates from a handful of organized spamming groups that the authorities are unable to do anything about because of ineffective laws. In the mean time, a number of technological solutions are being used/proposed, but, as this terrific article (and part 2 of 2) shows, none of them (will) work. What a mess! I sure hope somebody finds a way to deal with this soon.
Friday, March 12, 2004
Why Anti-Spam Technology Doesn't Work
Over half of all e-mail traffic is SPAM these days, and it's getting worse, costing businesses $20 billion a year in lost productivity. Most of it originates from a handful of organized spamming groups that the authorities are unable to do anything about because of ineffective laws. In the mean time, a number of technological solutions are being used/proposed, but, as this terrific article (and part 2 of 2) shows, none of them (will) work. What a mess! I sure hope somebody finds a way to deal with this soon.
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