Experts See End to Computer 'Spam' by 2006
Mon January 26, 2004 03:58 PM ET
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"We as a company believe that by a couple of years from now spam will be down to a very manageable trickle ... it will be almost an afterthought," Microsoft spokesman Sean Sundwall said.
America Online introduced a new security feature last week that would make it harder for spammers to hijack an AOL address.
A company spokesman said fighting spam was a priority at the No. 1 Internet provider, but he declined to predict when it would end.
"It's very popular right now, in fact I'd say it's in vogue to say you have the largest, greatest cure-all to solve spam forever," said AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham. "But these are the same people who think we'll end up living in a world with no taxes and a cure for the common cold."
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