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[Steven Champeon <schampeo AT hesketh.com>]

on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 04:15:40PM -0400, Thomas Beckett wrote:
> Steven Champeon wrote:
> > I'll lart them all the way up to
> > their far upstream provider if I don't get action. 
> 
> "Lart"?  New verb?  

Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool. There used to be a manpage for the
darn thing around here somewhere, but I can't find it anymore.

> > The end user solution, according to recent reports from AOL, amounts
> > for an estimated 30% of all AOL's email traffic. Even assuming that
> > people on AOL only get maybe ten messages a day, we're talking about
> > 30 million people. For a total of around 90 million messages to AOL
> > users alone. 
> 
>       This is interesting.  Since AOL isn't charging by the minute anymore,
> this has got to have some significant effect on their resources and
> their bottom line.  So I wonder if AOL is making an effort to reduce
> spam as a function of corporate policy.  They certainly have the clout,
> talent and money available.  
> 
>       Does anybody know if AOL has an anti-spam research group operating?  

I dunno about research, but I do know they are relay testing anyone
who sends them email, to add open relays to blocklists. One of their
abuse desk people is active on SPAM-L, too. 

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