[Cialug] [NEWS] Antispam case goes BOOM!

[Claus]

Isn't that statement a little silly: "Arthur said the best way to 
eliminate spam is to start over and set up a new, unique e-mail account 
with an address you only share with friends and family."

I mean it's on the same level when I tell people to secure their 
computers by disconnecting it from the network, concrete it into a huge 
concrete block and dropping it into the depth of the ocean.  While this 
solution surely addresses the problem it misses the point of having a 
computer/e-mail address in the first place.

One should be able to give out their e-mail addresses to acquaintances, 
businesses and even post it on one's web site to harvest the full 
potential of e-mail communication without having to worry about it.

A better suggestion would be to pick an e-mail provider that provides 
superior spam filtering.  Even in this day and age it's quite possible 
to reduce spam to a acceptable level and a lot of e-mail service 
providers provide such services.

   Claus