Bill Gates Gets 4 Million E-mails A Day

MythicaL · Nov 19, 2004, 01:14 AM

January 2006 can't come too soon for Bill Gates because that is the date by which he believes the spam problem will be solved. Reportedly, Gates gets 4 million e-mails a day, making him arguably the most spammed person in the world.

Microsoft's chief executive officer Steve Ballmer told a meeting in Singapore of Gates' hassles with unwanted e-mail. According to the Reuters news service, Ballmer said Gates, chairman of Microsoft, is probably the most spammed person in the world

However, anti-spam filtering technology blocks nearly all of the offending messages with just a few getting through, Ballmer said.

In January at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Gates said Microsoft was working on various methods of blocking unwanted e-mails. At the time, Gates said the most promising approach was a monetary-based method, which calls for senders to identify themselves, requiring them to pay a penalty if they then send spam.

"Two years from now, spam will be solved," Gates said, according to media reports at the time.

Source: TechWeb

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 19, 2004, 02:02 AM

And considering bill gates is the #1 reason for mass spam and consdering his company microsft weels and deal's in selling people emails adresses and marketing data to spammers.... it's only fair he gets alot of spam

maybye if microsoft would stop sell email lists of active hotmail/ msn etc accounts to "marketing parners" aka "SPAMERS"

who's poor security allows pc to be "droned" into a army of spam botz via worms and trojans that use the security holes you can drive a 3 ring circus through in thier windows lines

No_Style · Nov 19, 2004, 03:54 AM

Spam? Or Hate Mail? There's a difference.

nForcer · Nov 19, 2004, 05:32 AM

Hotmail is also 99% free - you get what you pay for.

Callandor · Nov 19, 2004, 10:29 AM

Hotmail is crap. And with only a 30MB max inbox capacity, I wonder why anybody uses it at all.

Maybe coz it looks nice. I think Yahoo is a lot better, plus you get 100MB storage capacity. (and I'm talking about the free packages here.)

Warpy · Nov 19, 2004, 10:58 AM

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates receives up to 4 million e-mails a day, most of them spam, making him the most spamed person on the planet. The software tycoon has a whole department working to filter out his e-mails from the spam.

The company's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, says one of the reasons that Gates receives so many spam e-mails is because he gives his e-mail out whenever he gives a speech.

Only about 10 e-mails a day actually get through to Gates after all the filtering. At the WEF last January Gates said that spam would become "a thing of the past" within two years.

Source

Danhill · Nov 19, 2004, 12:08 PM

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 19, 2004, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nForcer

Hotmail is also 99% free - you get what you pay for.

MSN online service isn't

Quote:

Originally Posted by sun_walka

Hotmail is crap. And with only a 30MB max inbox capacity, I wonder why anybody uses it at all.

Maybe coz it looks nice. I think Yahoo is a lot better, plus you get 100MB storage capacity. (and I'm talking about the free packages here.)

you mean 250mb it used to be 2 mb and i was fine with that....

Dom · Nov 19, 2004, 02:08 PM

Threads merged.

Vikingod · Nov 19, 2004, 02:12 PM

And here I thought my 2 million spam a day was bad!

Nov 19, 2004, 02:02 AM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	And considering bill gates is the #1 reason for mass spam and consdering his company microsft weels and deal's in selling people emails adresses and marketing data to spammers.... it's only fair he gets alot of spam maybye if microsoft would stop sell email lists of active hotmail/ msn etc accounts to "marketing parners" aka "SPAMERS" who's poor security allows pc to be "droned" into a army of spam botz via worms and trojans that use the security holes you can drive a 3 ring circus through in thier windows lines __________________

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No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Spam? Or Hate Mail? There's a difference. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

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Callandor Forged on Dragonmount Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 7,250 Rep Power: 304 System Specs	Hotmail is crap. And with only a 30MB max inbox capacity, I wonder why anybody uses it at all. Maybe coz it looks nice. I think Yahoo is a lot better, plus you get 100MB storage capacity. (and I'm talking about the free packages here.) __________________

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Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	Bill Gates Gets 4 Million E-mails A Day Microsoft chairman Bill Gates receives up to 4 million e-mails a day, most of them spam, making him the most spamed person on the planet. The software tycoon has a whole department working to filter out his e-mails from the spam. The company's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, says one of the reasons that Gates receives so many spam e-mails is because he gives his e-mail out whenever he gives a speech. Only about 10 e-mails a day actually get through to Gates after all the filtering. At the WEF last January Gates said that spam would become "a thing of the past" within two years. Source __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

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Nov 19, 2004, 01:14 AM	#1
MythicaL I like computers. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In front of a monitor Posts: 3,399 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Bill Gates - Most Spammed Person In The World January 2006 can't come too soon for Bill Gates because that is the date by which he believes the spam problem will be solved. Reportedly, Gates gets 4 million e-mails a day, making him arguably the most spammed person in the world. Microsoft's chief executive officer Steve Ballmer told a meeting in Singapore of Gates' hassles with unwanted e-mail. According to the Reuters news service, Ballmer said Gates, chairman of Microsoft, is probably the most spammed person in the world However, anti-spam filtering technology blocks nearly all of the offending messages with just a few getting through, Ballmer said. In January at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Gates said Microsoft was working on various methods of blocking unwanted e-mails. At the time, Gates said the most promising approach was a monetary-based method, which calls for senders to identify themselves, requiring them to pay a penalty if they then send spam. "Two years from now, spam will be solved," Gates said, according to media reports at the time. Source: TechWeb __________________ Always knew I didn't belong in this world. I wasn't made for this. But I'll never forget those who betrayed me, and those who never failed my trust.

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nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	Hotmail is also 99% free - you get what you pay for.

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Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Threads merged.

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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	And here I thought my 2 million spam a day was bad!