How I nuked mobile spam

Here’s how to keep spam off your phone

On Jan. 24, 2004, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates famously announced that by 2006, “spam will be solved.” He was right. As I write this, 2006 is almost over and I’ve solved my spam problem. (Gates is still working on his.)

Everyone has spam issues, but I’m sure I have more than most. I’m constantly on the road and use my phone for e-mail, which means I can’t always use PC-based antispam software. Other antispam tools also aren’t useful to me because, as a writer who covers technology, I need to be reachable via e-mail by readers, public relations people and others. I can’t just create a whitelist and block everyone else, nor can I afford to change my e-mail address every year. Half the e-mail I get comes from people I don’t know.

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