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January 05, 2004
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Posted by Stowe Boyd

AOL Releases Top Spam List, which include (what a surprise) "Viagra," "Lowest mortgage rates," "Hot XXX action," "As seen on Oprah," "online pharmacy," "get bigger," "online degree," "lowest insurance rates," "work from home" and "get out of debt."

The numbers for blocked spam are truly horrific:

"During calendar 2003, AOL blocked nearly 500 billion spam messages from reaching user inboxes, an average of 40 fewer such messages per day per subscriber account. The company said it regularly blocks 75 percent to 80 percent of incoming mail as spam."
Email is on the verge of completely breaking down. Rather than propping up the system, we will wind up moving into communication approaches that keep us safe from virulent marketing, like instant messaging.


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ashlee on January 15, 2004 02:22 AM writes...

I am glad we have the aol police to protect the innocent from malicious internet fiends!

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where'd the comments go on January 26, 2004 11:00 PM writes...

where do all the comments go?

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jim on February 5, 2004 11:45 PM writes...

this is a spammer:http://www.americastax.com/refund.htm

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Otto on February 6, 2004 07:02 PM writes...

Not so fast. AOL has blacklisted our business group three times, although we do not spam.

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Otto on February 6, 2004 07:02 PM writes...

Not so fast. AOL has blacklisted our business group three times, although we do not spam.

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Mikie on February 28, 2004 11:27 AM writes...

AOL have recently blacklisted me as a spammer, and i can't send emails to my friends anymore - is there any way to get off of their list? I AM NOT A SPAMMER!!!!! My mate has just got broadband, so i've been sending him a lot of stuff. If this is the reason then AOL need to have a look at their current spam criteria..

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Klaus Piber on April 18, 2004 08:43 AM writes...

found a home page that used my mail adresse to massively send spams!

http://www.cwas.net/ideal_standard.html

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Susan on July 14, 2004 10:46 PM writes...

Suddenly I cannot access AquaBid.com, where I frequently do business- AOL has blacklisted them.Where is my freedom of choice? I accept responsibility for decisions I make online. and others should too, before they lodge complaints like whiney children .

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