I thought my inbox was a nightmare...

**Czar** · 11-19-2004, 04:48 PM

Ballmer has reported that Bill Gates literally receives approximately 4 MILLION pieces of email each day, with the vast majority being spam. Microsoft apparently has a small department established for the sole purpose of filtering and sorting mail for the tech icon:
http://wd.ittoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=124048

No wonder MSFT is starting to claim that it's devoted to the elimination of spam.

georgec · 11-19-2004, 04:57 PM

Hehe yep, I read that. But then again, it could just be a ploy by Bill Gates to generate some publicity for their own anti-spam ID technology, to be released soon.

Don't mean to be a cynic, but what got me suspicious was when in one article, it says Paul Baumer only gets a dozen emails a day, with the rest filtered out by Microsoft's aggressive spam filters. Hmmm, they can do it for Paul but not Billy?

11-19-2004, 04:48 PM	#1
Czar Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Posts: 9,466	I thought my inbox was a nightmare... Ballmer has reported that Bill Gates literally receives approximately 4 MILLION pieces of email each day, with the vast majority being spam. Microsoft apparently has a small department established for the sole purpose of filtering and sorting mail for the tech icon: http://wd.ittoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=124048 No wonder MSFT is starting to claim that it's devoted to the elimination of spam. __________________ Czar Follow Geek/Talk's Twitter Feed to stay up to date with new discussion threads and online ad industry highlights. Important GeekVillage Links: Home \| Rules \| Posting Guide \| Report Trouble \| Feedback \| Advertise on GV

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11-19-2004, 04:57 PM	#2
georgec Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 519	Hehe yep, I read that. But then again, it could just be a ploy by Bill Gates to generate some publicity for their own anti-spam ID technology, to be released soon. Don't mean to be a cynic, but what got me suspicious was when in one article, it says Paul Baumer only gets a dozen emails a day, with the rest filtered out by Microsoft's aggressive spam filters. Hmmm, they can do it for Paul but not Billy?