After spending hours battling Blaster worm variants and setting e-mail filters to block Sobig.F, I surrender. The e-mail spammers, hackers and miscreants win. I no longer expect e-mail to function consistently. It acts more like a vintage automobile that takes constant tinkering. For essential communication, it's time to look elsewhere.

A promising alterative is a one-to-one communications channel that bypasses e-mail entirely. (No, I'm not talking about the telephone.) Ironically, this solution comes from the same group blamed for lots of spam: marketers. Read Article >> Posted by: DTB at 5:23 PM  |  Permalink