Ask HN: Seeking a personal spam filter (an actual person)

[Flemlord]

I'm looking for a service where an actual person will filter my e-mail weeding out the spam. None of the current anti-spam solutions work perfectly, and I'd happily pay a small monthly fee.

Does anything like this exist? If not, consider it a free startup idea. ;-)

[PieSquared]

How about Gmail? I haven't had a single problem with gmail spam filters, which used to surprise me.

[Spyckie]

Get a virtual secretary - you can ask them to do much more than just spam filtering.

A bit on the expensive side, though. :)

http://www.b2kcorp.com/basic_services.html http://www.taskseveryday.com/Pricing.html

Other ideas, if you're willing to allow other people to see your emails, why not just mechanical turk it?

[eisokant]

I think it doesn't exist because of the privacy implications. Imagine someone reading all your emails!

[breck]

Sure, I know of a service. It's cheap too--only one dollar per month. But you have to have a large net worth to become a member. Preferably in liquid form in online banks.