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Telus to cut spam

VANCOUVER - "Telus is pleased to introduce this leading edge security technology, a second layer of spam and virus control that will screen out the most obvious problem e-mails before they make their way to customer in-boxes," said Fred Di Blasio, Telus vice-president of consumer product marketing, in a release on Tuesday. "The net result is that our internet customers will be better protected from annoying spam messages and malicious computer viruses." Telus has seen a five-fold increase in the number of e-mails on its network since it first introduced spam control to customers three years ago, putting a strain...