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Google and Microsoft certainly did not help, but let's not forget that many of these features were made to combat spam which got more sophisticated over time. H
by yoz-y 9y ago
Google and Microsoft certainly did not help, but let's not forget that many of these features were made to combat spam which got more sophisticated over time. Having all mail delivered all the time, trusting everybody on the web and so on was fine when internet was for enthusiasts. In today's environment, however, plain old e-mail has insufficient protection and overly optimistic design.
- pmlnr 9y agoBayesian filtering is surprisingly decent, if it has a feedback loop. Trust by default, and let users train spam filtering, based on a generic, prepopulated filter database.
- jacksmith21006 9y agoDid not help? I am old and remember email before Google solved spam with Gmail. So they most certainly helped.
- pmlnr 9y agoGoogle didn't "solve" spam at all, they are just playing rough. The jail sentences for spam network operators, the the shift to ddos/mining/etc of botnets, and user awareness, bitten by spam helped, but not solved. You probably used a crappy provider, with no feedback loop for spam before.
- yoz-y 9y agoDid not help keeping the e-mail decentralized. They did help against the spam. Well, at least google did. Microsoft hotmail was doing spam filtering almost exactly the opposite way it should work for so long that I have completely given up on it.