Every time I see a government official or someone on CNBC talk about improving U.S. productivity, I immediately think of the obvious solution ― find a way to stop spam, and you'll see productivity increase tremendously I'm not advocating a governmental or legislative answer; what we need is a technology breakthrough. But what we're getting are quick fixes that might create more problems than they solve. What I'm specifically against are the easy blanket answers to which many large providers resort because they can't move fast enough to really deal with the problem in a more technically advanced way Take Time Warner's Road Runner service. I've had problems with Road Runner blocking various domains associated with some of my clients. Road Runner says it uses outside lists to manage its spam attacks and even offers up whitelists it accesses to find legitimate e-mailers. However, Road Runner also will block ranges of IP addresses from ISPs that have allowed spam to come from any server in their subscriber base.That definition of "spammer" pretty much covers every ISP in the US.
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