My ISP went from 1 email server to 10 or more to handle the load.
It's still fairly slow compared to other transfers. When you find a fix for spam, remember to tell everyone about it.
Bob
Since going to Verizon DSL 3.0/768 E-mail is slow to download in OE 6. Connection speeds to 2.9 megabits per second.
Windows 98SE
AMD Athlon 800mHz
384 Megabytes SDRAM

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