I hate spam. You hate spam. We all hate spam. But none of us hate spam as much as ISPs and business network administrators do. Alexis Rosen, president and co-owner of Public Access Networks, which runs Panix, one of the oldest . . .
I hate spam. You hate spam. We all hate spam. But none of us hate spam as much as ISPs and business network administrators do. Alexis Rosen, president and co-owner of Public Access Networks, which runs Panix, one of the oldest ISPs, concedes that while spam may "not be as bad as Adolph Hitler, it is morally evil."

Well, that's clear enough. Why such strong feelings? Rosen explains that spam "chews up a lot of bandwidth and disk space," and the non-stop disk I/O sucks down system resources and significantly stresses the mail server. And why exactly is this so annoying? Because it directly interferes with the ability to perform as an ISP, and that, in turn, directly - and negatively - affects the bottom line. This certainly isn't just Panix's problem; all ISPs and corporate networks face it.

So what can you do about it?

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