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The number one reason people receive spam is "promiscuous" emailing.

Users give their email address to websites when they download free software, and as a result receive spam.

They give their email address, along with the email addresses of their friends and family to electronic greeting card sites, and as a result receive spam and cause their friends and family to receive spam.

And they will continue to so with their special ?keyed? addresses then complain that they are receiving spam. And 90% of them won?t know how to use their disposal email addresses.

In my fourteen years of network/email administration, the users that followed our guidelines for avoiding spam do not have a spam problem. The vast majority that didn?t receive hundreds of unwanted messages each day.

All the technology in the world can?t help a clueless user.
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Promises  Christian_<>< | 02/05/04
Plus  James T. Kirk | 02/05/04
ZoEmail actually improves ISP Operations  kmilani | 02/05/04
This kind of scheme certainly works!  hadaso | 02/06/04
Won't work  Doug@... | 02/05/04
Yes it will work; check the ZoEmail web site  AtypicalZork | 02/05/04
OK so how does it?????  Hanover Phist | 02/05/04
So I figure it this way...  el1jones | 02/05/04
Even if it's not patemtable they can squash the competition in court  hadaso | 02/06/04
Minimize Damage and Recover  kmilani | 02/05/04
Works Just Fine  kmilani | 02/05/04
Good luck, you will need it.  issthatso | 02/05/04
A better solution  PW_z | 02/05/04
Possible solution  Christian_<>< | 02/05/04
You mean like TalkBack...  el1jones | 02/05/04
It can't be as easy as "Don't buy from spammers"  archerjoe | 02/05/04
There will always be profit in spam  Gottlieb | 02/06/04
Use Trusted Keywords, I do...  mikromike | 02/05/04
Zoemail requires ads on all outgoing messages  kwhitney | 02/06/04
ZoEmail adds can be turned off on outgoing messages  AStrauss | 02/06/04
Not ready for Business  gdekhayser@... | 02/06/04
Bounce SPAM  JMVella | 02/06/04
Never bounce spam!  hadaso | 02/06/04
My ISP  endlr@... | 02/06/04
I don't waste my time with spam  Gottlieb | 02/06/04
Insanity!  harperwill@... | 02/06/04
e-mail clients  davey_2 | 02/07/04

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