Messages Not Sent to ¡ESSE: A Study Crushed by Its Own Subject

This article presents a study conducted in 2002, which examined messages not sent to the listserv jESSE, an electronic discussion list for library and information science education. It also presents an update from 2004, which demonstrates that the onslaught of spam electronic mail prohibits further...

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Published in:Journal of education for library and information science 2004-10, Vol.45 (4), p.364-369
Main Author: Whitney, Gretchen
Format: Article
Language:English
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Guest Column
Information science
Listservs
Newsgroups
Traffic
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Summary:This article presents a study conducted in 2002, which examined messages not sent to the listserv jESSE, an electronic discussion list for library and information science education. It also presents an update from 2004, which demonstrates that the onslaught of spam electronic mail prohibits further analysis of these kinds of messages. It also documents the increase in total spam mail traffic to the list, from 13 % to 75 % of all messages received for the list.
ISSN:0748-5786
DOI:10.2307/40323880