SINGAPORE (Reuters) - E-mail users inundated with unsolicited "spam" messages have reason to hope Microsoft Corp. will develop better tools for tackling the problem: Bill Gates (news - web sites) is suffering more than anyone.

Gates, Microsoft's chairman, gets 4 million e-mails a day and is probably the most "spammed" person in the world, his Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said Thursday.

However, only a few junk e-mails gets through to Gates's inbox thanks to anti-spam technology that filters his messages, Ballmer said at a Microsoft event in Singapore.

Spam e-mails touting everything from aphrodisiacs to home loans are believed to account for over 80 percent of Internet traffic.

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this is actually scary... 4 million emails a day.... just stick to forum spamming its better and doesnt hurt as much

4 million a day damn it sucks to be rich&famous

4 million I thought 13 junk emails a day was a lot obviously not compared to some people. I have that crappy Microsoft spam filter checking my emails, it sucks!

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have that crappy Microsoft spam filter checking my emails, it sucks!

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I wonder how many servers they have dedicated to Bill's e-mail...

Almost 50 messages per second...

Just when you thought all your emails had been marked as read.... another one appears!!!

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I wonder if they pay someone to clean out the spam

oh my, 4,000,000 emails in one day, thats impressive.  I wonder how many of those are from this ex wifes and old girl friends from college asking for money. 

he'll know what to do when he's bored

Why doesn't he just change his address?

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Why doesn't he just change his address?

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hmm...wow, 4 million e-mails a day...
i wonder what these people actually write him, probably something like: "Please Bill, you have soooo much money and we have nothing...Please send us some money !!!
...what's his e-mail btw ?

most likely anything and everything. think about the type of spam u get then u have the answer. but multily that by ???

hey whats his adress i wanna send him an email..

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just stick to forum spamming its better and doesnt hurt as much

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I have that crappy Microsoft spam filter checking my emails, it sucks!

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I wonder if they pay someone to clean out the spam

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i wonder what these people actually write him, probably something like: "Please Bill, you have soooo much money and we have nothing...Please send us some money !!!

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think about the type of spam u get then u have the answer.

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    I have that crappy Microsoft spam filter checking my emails, it sucks!

If you mean the "crappy" spamfilter from hotmail, then I can assure you that that "crappy" filter holds an enourmous amount of spam back from entering your inbox.

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Without setting it to exclusive it won't catch spam never has done for me. It only works with exculsive as it takes everything and puts it into the junk email folder unless you make every contact known to hotmail.

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But that can just get buggy, I mean I get e-mails off loads of people, not spamming just I haven't accepted their address...I'd hate to sign up for something and then it be regarded as spam and then the folder is automatically cleared only a few minutes after. Maybe if you don't expect many e-mails off people who want to ask you something who aren't on your contact list or if you never sign up for anything, but really the exclusive feature isn't a good solution unless you are really only expecting e-mails off your contacts and don't sign up for anything...
Conclusion: If you're very sad and no one wants to get in contact with you and you don't sign up for anything exclusive is the answer

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I have Spam Assasin installed on my server, and it is really good. Plus, it learns from what you say is spam or not.

And then spam that is not detected by spam assasin is detected by Opera M2.

Why does the guy need an email? really!how many emails does he send  per year(just a guess 5)?can't he aford phone calls?next week they'll say he speaks to his granny by windows messenger...stupid thought

Wonder if bill has his own msn hotmail service are he uses the free one ....lol

How would the spam be sent there? No doubt his address won't be written on the net anywhere.

i think it says somthing about when he goes to talks n all he gives it out

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How would the spam be sent there? No doubt his address won't be written on the net anywhere.

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Meanwhile, Ballmer said he misspoke last week when he was quoted as saying Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gets about 4 million spam messages a day. "I should have said year." he told me. "It's 4 million a year he gets."

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