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AOL Really Likes Spam

I got an e-mail last week letting me know that my www.mailblocks.com account will be closed.

Mailblocks is a challenge and response system for e-mail. Basically this service really cuts down on the spam you receive because it requires senders to validate that they are a real person. This is something that spammers generally don't do.

Around a year ago this company was purchased by AOL and they stopped taking on new members. That's a strange business model.

And now come to find out they are shutting down a perfectly good service. Here's what they want us to do now.

Sign up for our new AIMMAIL service. Well I don't really want another e-mail acct especially with AOL. Every service they set up or take over turns to crap.

I was an ICQ user for quite a while. Problem with that service.. Spam.... How much spam do I get on MSN messenger 0.00% None.

 

 

Published Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:12 AM by rod

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