Brian Cooley on Spam Non-Crisis

As far as "we're pissed about spam because we think of our in-boxes as
personal space.", I think Brian Cooley should be more specific. Working in a
IT/engineering department, I see a lot of red-tape and politicking playing such
a detrimental role that solving the problem of SPAM in my inbox is not worth my
while.

I do agree however with Mister Cooley's statements that "Corporations can't
deal with the spam flood." and " Spam is costing corporations a fortune to
manage." are fallacies: the availability of knowledge as well as software on the
Internet makes the implementation of a solution to such problem relatively
simple.

The problem is that initiative that affects a corporation at a large scale
needs support from above. Support comes from understanding every aspect of the
problem and the solution. Driven by a "not knowing is a sign of weakness"
mantra, large corporations are plagued with C-Level people and decision makers alike
that are unwilling to educate themselves.

They are yet to show the resolve inherent to their position and swat that gnat once and for all.