Services That Stop Spam
Fighting spam takes focused attention and breadth of view. You can't tell by looking at a message whether the tale it tells or the offer it tenders is legitimate or specious. Services that deal with literally millions of messages daily have an opportunity to see the behavior of a spammer, to see how many copies of a message were sent, where they were posted, and whether their origin and their "Sender" field match.
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