How to avoid spam: start with a Z

Fed up with spam? You're not the only one. But Cambridge University security researcher Richard Clayton thinks the problem might not just be your spam filters, but your name. In an academic paper - recounted at Light Blue Touchpaper blogs - he says that Aardvarks - people with names high in the alphabet - receive 35% spam, and zebras - those at the tail end of the dictionary - get 20%. Why? So-called Rumplestiltskin attacks. Time to get the deed poll out, kids.