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How to stop it from stalking you. (E-mail Spam).(Product/Service Evaluation)
The battle between those who send unsolicited e-mail advertisements, commonly known as spam, and those blocking them has become an arms race. On one side are hordes of spammers who find ways, through technology and guile, to penetrate consumers' inboxes, for example by misspelling telltale words like "Viagra" (for Viagra) or "D E B T" (for debt).
On the other side are Internet providers with industrial-strength spam-blocking software, vigilante organizations that blacklist spammers, and consumers armed with retail spam-blocking programs. This side is losing. Big time.
Between February and April alone, according to America Online (AOL), the maximum ...
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