As a result, they've never had to grapple with the reality of how spam will cripple their systems if the antispammers weren't cancelling spam messages before they were posted. There will be at least some ISPs who were relying on us to control spam who will roll over and explode. Others will have a meltdown as the week progresses. We don't like doing this and we know it will inconvenience a lot of people - but ideally, the strike will force ISPs to see the extent of the problem and start taking measures to prevent it. We apologise to all our regular visitors.
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During the meeting, Mr Barret also said that he would be prepared to look favourably on using some of Intel's massive venture-capital funds for Australian projects. Y2K compliant the Australian insurance industry will wash its hands of Y2K liability claims. Mason was also highly critical of hardware and chip manufacturers who have been producing non-Y2K compliant chip sets until relatively recently. Y2K was known about before the first computer was invented. During March Australian Cybermalls' traffic declined slightly to 49,274 from February's 53,535 visitors.