] Microsoft chairman Bill Gates receives four million
] emails a day, and is probably the most "spammed" person
] in the world.
]
] But unlike ordinary users, the software mogul has an
] entire department to filter unsolicited emails and only a
] few of them actually get through to his inbox, Microsoft
] chief executive Steve Ballmer said today.
]
] "Bill Gates (is number one) because he is Bill Gates.
] Bill literally receives four million pieces of email per
] day, most of it spam," Mr Balmer told a conference.
]
] "And so we have special technology which just filters
] (spam).

Wow. Imagine software that *filters* email to avoid Spam. Truly, Microsoft is living on the cutting edge.

But its true, I'm sure it is not a new thing to sign up Bill Gates to spam lists. He is the most obvious and enduring target.

] "Literally, there's a whole department, almost, that
] takes care of it."

I'd like an anti-spam department.

NEWS.com.au | Gates 'world's most-spammed man' (November 18, 2004)