I decided a little while ago to see whether our spam filter was working properly, and found four legitimate pieces of e-mail floating among 809 pieces of commercial kudzu that turned up in this mailbox in the past week. All four of those correspondents have since heard from me.
Apologetic memo to anyone who’s written to me in recent weeks without receiving a reply: I’ve turned down the filter one notch to see how much junk mail will henceforth slip through. Please try again!