Is spam killing email?

By Michael Fraase

Monday, 17 December 2001 02:28PM CDT

Section: Internet

Make no mistake, I’ve made my feelings about spam (unsolicited bulk email) and spammers (those creeps that send UBE) abundantly clear (here and here). Unfortunately the spam problem has become so bad that it’s on the verge of rendering email useless.

In the last few months, I’ve taken to adding entire domains to my list of filters. If you send me email from your AOL, Yahoo, or Hotmail account, I’ll never see it. I’ve blocked those domains completely. I don’t even feel bad about it. If you have something to say to me, use a real email account. If you have something sufficiently interesting to say, chances are I’ll add you to my exceptions list. Everything else gets unmercifully routed to the trash.

Am I likely to miss important email? Probably, but I have no way of knowing, and I’m not exactly losing sleep over it.

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