In Case You Haven’t Noticed, There Really Is More Email Spam - posted by Day Tooley
It seems that a tsunami of spam has been surging through the Internet recently. According to Postini, a firm that filters email, spam rates increased 59% to over 5.3 billion messages per week. The total message volumes rose 54% to over 6.6 billion. This happened in just the past 8 weeks ending October 30, 2006. Yikes!
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| See expanded details updated daily. Update 12/6/06: Excellent New York Times article helps explain how spam is overwhelming spam filtering methods. These figures align with the EasyStreet 80/20 rule where we identify 80% of all incoming email as spam. Small businesses receive more than their share. Here are some things you can do to reach the high ground, safe from the spam tsunami. |
