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Spam exploded in 2003[1] to the modern experience of it. Before that, spam was somewhat infrequent, even without countermeasures. I recall in the 2001 time per
by unyttigfjelltol 2y ago
Spam exploded in 2003[1] to the modern experience of it. Before that, spam was somewhat infrequent, even without countermeasures.
I recall in the 2001 time period being so annoyed by each individual spam note that I would respond to the appropriate "abuse@" email. By 2004, it was a torrent and totally impractical, and I don't think it was because of my own notes to administrators.
[1] https://www.emailtray.com/blog/email-spam-trends-2001-2012/ https://www.emailtray.com/blog/email-spam-trends-2001-2012/
- blitzar 2y agoWhen Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, there were two big selling points for me - storage and spam.
- Diederich 2y ago...and search. That was amazing.
- znpy 2y agoI can confirm it was amazing. I got my first gmail address via an invite and it was light-years ahead of everything else. Nowadays it's possibly worse than most other providers, and it doesn't filter spam as well as it used to. Nowadays I just dislike it.
- bbaron63 2y agoI remember the first spam I ever received. It was in 1998 on my first day working at AOL. It promised an advanced degree from a prestigious, unaccredited institution. The spammers were somewhat honest back then.