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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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In my opinion, Microsoft should stick to operating systems and microsoft office and crap, their browsers, wep page builders and their email software just completely sucks, i'm not surprised that he gets spammed a lot actually..

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!!!

here are my crappy calculations:



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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.