Topic awaiting preservation: How Bill Gates deals with spam

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Ballmer said Microsoft has special technology that just filters spam intended for Gates. In addition, several Microsoft employees are dedicated to ensuring that nothing unwanted gets into his inbox.


"Literally there's a whole department almost that takes care of it," he said

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I wish I had a staff to go through my 1000+ daily spams.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041118/ap_on_fe_st/bill_gates_spam_2



(Edited by Wavmixer on 11-18-2004 17:02)

I'm more interested in this which links from it. It's gotta be fake.

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Hehe...considering just WHAT probably constitutes Spam for Gates, I imagine he really NEEDS an army to sort it out!!!

Bill Gates should try ThunderBird.

So should WavMixer.

1000+ spams a day is far too much.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

it's clear.

I have filters set up that catch most of it. Also I have a system that works for me. Anyplace that wants my email address gets a custom address just for them. For example the address I have posted here is asylum@wavmixer.com . If I go to www.fubar.com and they ask for my email address, I give them fubar@wavmixer.com. Now if I start getting spam to fubar@wavmixer.com, I filter it directly into the trash. I also know that fubar.com whored out my email address and will no longer get my business. Yes I agree that 1000+ spams is far too much, but since I have been using this sytem, only a small handfull of spams get my attention, the rest get deleted without ever seeing them.


BTW, I used fubar only as an example, I just tried that site and it is a real site that I have never been to before.

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Iron Wallaby said:

So should WavMixer. 1000+ spams a day is far too much."Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

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(Edited by Wavmixer on 11-18-2004 23:22)

maybe he should just get a gmail account.

That sounds like it would take more energy then its worth Wavemixer. Personally, I rarely get spam. My method is real simple. I have two accounts: school & gmail. I give out my school account to those I want to talk with. When I register for something I use my gmail account. There are a few websites that I use regularly (like Amazon.com) and receive email from so I've set up specific folders for these sites. Other then that, all spam I get is deleted immediately. Microsoft Entourage does a nice job of filtering the spam that gets through my school account.

I suppose I could lose a potentially important email in this process, but its never come up before and I'm not too worried about it.

I have 2 accounts, one through PeoplePC (10.95/mo dialup, wonderful service ) and one on my website, but I seem to NEVER get spam... very rarely if at all. My method involves not throwing my email addy out like I want spam, seems to be working.

but if I were a billionaire I'm sure I'd never have to worry spam either. very typical of gates to have his own little department at microsoft working to keep it out of his inbox. and I'd even bet his windows never crashes.




...Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most (ozzy osbourne)

I do like the idea of being able to tell who's whoring out my email address...

- James
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