Pricey filters can’t stop all spam

"As Bowdoin's Information Technology Department (IT) fights the ongoing battle with spam, students are trying different methods to deal with the junk emails that clog their inboxes. Despite the purchase of two sophisticated filters that cost around $5,000 to purchase and 20 percent of that per year for service and support, students are still receiving numerous spam emails every day. And, according to Chief Information Officer Mitch Davis, the problem is not going away. "Spam is a never-ending issue," Davis said. "We have two spam filters that filter messages on a daily basis, but spam is just getting worse, not better." According to Davis and Senior Administrator of IT Randy Pelletier, the major issue with spam involves the lists that professors use to send out emails to their classes. Most students receiving spam get emails addressed to these lists, not to their personal accounts." Source: orient.bowdoin.edu