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"Bill White" <billw@wolfram.com> writes:

> Some weekends I get over a hundred spams, and it's pretty easy to
> delete them quickly.  The drawback is that marking bbdb-known
> posters is pretty slow.

The real drawback IMHO is that the spam is still wasting your time, so
it is still a problem.  As you mentioned, spam is generally easy to
recognize, but hand deletion is subject to human error, and again is
time-consuming.

I hate to brag, but I used to get 800-1000 pieces of spam every month.
Now I see 1-2 every six weeks or so.  And my system requires
practically no maintenance - it runs itself.  I can't tell you how
much time this has saved me.  But more importantly, it has restored my
love of e-mail.  I once again look forward to opening my mailbox each
morning.