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Ballmer declined to name who the other lucky recipient of offers of mortgage deals, aphrodisiacs and other not-to-be-missed offers is, although he is not likely to be far off the list himself.

Whilst Bill Gates might one day feel the urge to take up the offer of a low cost loan, Ballmer said that in the meantime Microsoft keeps spam filters in place to spare his blushes, not all of it software driven apparently. Ballmer says there is a 'whole department` dedicated to seeing that no spam darkens the Chairman's mailbox.

However, perhaps Bill should heed the advice of Microsoft's own website which recommends that one should have a separate mail account to act as a spam magnet and keep another personal email address private.