December 17, 200718 yr wow no wonder there is laggggg Spam is 95% of email traffic, says Barracuda http://www.techspot.com/images/teaser/spam.gif How big is the spam problem? Has it been declining over the years? The answers are huge and, sadly, no. In fact, spam has been growing at a significant rate. Nearly four years ago, approximately 70% of the email flowing through the world's servers was spam. Now it has risen to an obscene 95%, a figured pulled from a study done by Barracuda Networks. They determined after scanning over a billion messages sent per day that spam has continued to increase year after year. Other interesting figures were pulled from the surveys, including an increased usage of attachments for spam. Where exactly, though, do we go from here? Spam in the inbox may be a nuisance, but an overwhelming majority of email traffic being composed of spam is another issue altogether. Legislation, technology, 3rd party companies ? there have been many, many attempts to curbing spam. And yet, the problem remains. In fact, it is only getting worse.
December 17, 200718 yr Wow. Thankfully I use gmail, IMO best email service there is. I have never (except for maybe once or twice) gotten a spam email in my main folder, and rarely get spam in my other folder as is. (it has like 50 in it atm, clears ever week or so IIRC.) So yeah, I haven't had a problem with spam in a while.
December 17, 200718 yr Spam is 95% of email traffic, says Barracuda ..... And apparently forum posting.. TFD Sorry, couldn't resist...
December 17, 200718 yr I think it's cool that such a problem is named after a processed meat product that also sucks.
December 17, 200718 yr Author ..... And apparently forum posting.. TFD Sorry, couldn't resist... to me 95% is stunning I still am surprised,I figured maybe 55% 60 most. If YOU already knew ninety five percent .......... 95%......... of todays email is junk and spam then you must be an analyst with access to a supercomputer and know more than us.
December 17, 200718 yr to me 95% is stunning I still am surprised,I figured maybe 55% 60 most. If YOU already knew ninety five percent .......... 95%......... of todays email is junk and spam then you must be an analyst with access to a supercomputer and know more than us. No, but I have MSN.com... TFD
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