Sunday, June 29, 2003

Bill Gates takes on spam

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates called for <A HREF="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-1020660.html">government and corporate cooperation</A> to stem the tide of junk email. ZDNet reports that in an email to customers, Gates wrote that Microsoft researchers are working on technological fixes, including smart spam filters for mailboxes that would continuously adapt to keep pace with the latest spam techniques. The next version of Microsoft's Exchange email server software will also allow third-party software makers to create spam filters that can be plugged in to Exchange.

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