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On Cures That Are Worse than the Disease
George Smith, 2003-04-20

In which your columnist ponders the question, which is worst for the Internet: computer viruses, spam that advertises anti-virus products, or clueless anti-spam solutions.

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irony 2003-04-22
Saint Lucifer
The piece I find amusingly ironic here is that the well-meaning spam-fighters of the world have created a climate in which ordinary mail administrators -- or sometimes regular old users -- have to study the same skills spammers have to study. I always keep track of a couple of open relays for use when my address has been erroneously blocked. Sheesh!

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