[Asrg] Why are we still here?

["Peter Kay" <peter at titankey.com>]

I've been a part of this list for some time now, in mostly lurking fashion. My question to the group is, if you read all the anti-spam vendors (me included), they all claim high-9 catch rates and near-zero false positives. If this is the case, why are we still here trying to eliminate spam when one would think that, if the claims are true, the spam problem has been solved? I can only think of one of three reasons:

 

1. The vendor claims are false.  In the real world, you still get lots of undesireable email.

2. The vendor claims are true, but we're a bunch of perfectionists searching for infinite resolution of Pi.

3. The filtering paradigm is a non-solution due to increased use of recipient resources (bandwith, storage, processing, end-user time, etc)

 

I'm jaded here because I just don't get any spam at all. To me, this group is firmly stuck in #2.  But I'd love to hear everyone's feedback/experience on "Why are we still here?"

 

Peter Kay

Titan Key Software

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