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Story: Lycos should send its zombie army home

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Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 1 December 2004, 6:33 PM)

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Ahh yes, let's sit on our hands while no one figures out how to fix this problem. How many years must this go on, and how many billions of spam messages need to be sent before taking these drastic measures? Surely there is some threshold... and most internet users will agree that it has been crossed.

I am careful with my address, however I've had it for nearly 10 years. I get well over 250 spams per day. Email has become a chore.

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