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IcerocketPPX: MOSPAM Pays Out
Posted 09.17.2007 at 6:09 pm
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Just six days after we introduced the MOSPAM proposition ("Will spam reach record levels before September 30, 2007?") on PPX, the stock paid out at POP$100 per share when spam as a percentage of all email hit an all-time high. According to global IT security firm SoftScan, a whopping 98 percent of email sent on September 16 was classified as junk. Traders foresaw the new high and the stock was trading at $69.75 per share when the European IT firm SoftScan released their official count on September 17, at 3pm EST. Clearly, few held out much hope for cleaner inboxes this month. —Abby Seiff
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I thought this would pay out because I cleaned up my gmail page then within three days I had over 700 spam messages in the spam section with less than 10 good messages. Gee who knew??
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfuli cant beleave only 2% of email is not spam.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulcan you say... 999 spam emails in 2 days?!?! I normally check my email every day, but I was away and couldn't. I get back, and 1000 new msgs. One was from my friend. the rest? spam
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulNot sure if you guys saw the video Triumph Boats did last year when they pulled the boat on the ground but they just did another one and it's even funnier. They have these crazy boats made of plastic and they're pretty much indestructible.
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0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulSPAM!! ^ :)
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