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Thursday, December 13, 2007
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95 Percent of e-mail is Junk
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Nearly 95 percent of the e-mail sent in 2007 has been
"spam," junk advertising loathed by its recipients,
according to a report released Wednesday by a US Web
security firm.
The amount of junk e-mail has skyrocketed despite a
2004 US CAN-SPAM Act that placed restrictions on
sending unwanted messages and sanctioned penalties for
"spammers," according to California-based Barracuda
Networks Inc.
Junk messages made up an estimated 70 percent of e-mail
the year the act was passed, the Barracuda report
indicates.
Barracuda said it based its findings on analysis of
more than a billion e-mail messages received daily by
its approximately 50,000 customers worldwide.
Spammers cunningly hide their identities by routing
e-mails through other people's websites, blogs or
computers, according to Barracuda. |
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