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# Roger the Spam Dodger
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2003/04/roger_the_spam/
- Published: 2003-04-28T16:21:48.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T08:39:18.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: spam, technology, technology woes

The BBC reports on the [best ways to dodge an in-box full of spam](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2969783.stm?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> US researchers at the Center for Democracy and Technology set out to answer this question in the summer of 2002.
> 
> They found that e-mail addresses posted on websites or in newsgroups attract the most spam.
> 
> Spam is estimated to account for up to 40% of global e-mail traffic and is causing a massive headache for businesses, which are losing billions in productivity.
> 
> To determine the source of spam, the researchers set up hundreds of different e-mail addresses and waited six months to see what kind of mail the addresses were attracting.

This is a subject that’s close to my heart after over a fortnight away. Nice to see that somebody’s doing some thoughtful research into the way spammers work.