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I don't find that spam is a solved problem. This morning, five minutes ago, I checked my overnight mail. Six messages. Three were outright spam, one was a su
by jimhefferon 7y ago
I don't find that spam is a solved problem. This morning, five minutes ago, I checked my overnight mail. Six messages. Three were outright spam, one was a survey (a person could consider it spam since it was unsolicited commercial mail but I'll call it legit, just to be generous) and two for-reals. My organization has professionals in charge of mail, who seem to me to be capable. Do others find that it is solved?
- OJFord 7y agoI get a lot of spam, mostly correctly categorised for me, but some leaks through. I do find it a solved problem in the sense that it's easy to deal with though - as long as we're considering phishing a separate issue - it's easy to identify spam (I get several identical messages, possibly just from a different name, at the same time apart from anything else!) and click a button to get rid of it. It's much harder to identify 'fake news', and even if you do once you've forgotten about it it may be in the back of your mind as a thing you heard, and forgot you proved false.
- rootsofallevil 7y agoI suppose it's a matter of expectations. I don't recall the last time that outright spam made it to my inbox. For stuff that I forgot to tick, or untick, the right box, once marked as spam it never gets through again.