Originally Posted by RawAlex

Email has reached the point where it is all but useless.

I am actually expecting the next "killer ap" to be e-mail style messaging via ICQ or AIM that will require that your senders be pre-authorized before you can receive anything from them, and those senders will have to have accounts on that message system.

Just remember, you will be able to tell your grandchildren about when "you had to filter spam". The end is very, very near.