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DS-4 - June 23, 2003 COMMENTARY (WSJ)Why I Hate Spam By BILL GATESSEATTLE -- Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton ofspam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or getrich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so irritating.But spam is worse than irritating. It is a drain on businessproductivity, an increasingly costly waste of time and resources thatclogs corporate networks and distracts workers. Among consumers, itspreads scams, pornography and even computer viruses. Worse, spammersprey on less sophisticated e-mail users, including children,threatening their safety and privacy. And as everyone struggles tosift spam from their inboxes, valid messages are sometimes overlookedor deleted, which makes e-mail less useful and reliable as a channelfor communication and legitimate e-commerce. In short, spam threatensto undo much of the good that e-mail has achieved.[ snippety snip, rest at:http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,,SB105633607593064000,00.html(paid subscription)hmm, lessee if someone left a copy on their very messy virtualdesktop. aha:http://www.panix.com/~dannyb/spam-bg.wsj ]danny " he's still not getting the point that receipt of e-mail,or for that matter *any* internet connection, is acourtesy and not an unalienable right " bursteinKnowledge may be power, but communications is the keydannyb@panix.com
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