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Spam Back Up To 94% of All Email
Thelasko writes "A NYTimes blog reports that the volume of spam has returned to its previous levels, as seen before the McColo was shut down. Here is the report on Google's enterprise blog. Adam Swidler, of Postini Services, says: 'It's unlikely we are going to see another event like McColo where taking out an ISP has that kind of dramatic impact on global spam volumes,' because the spammers' control systems are evolving. This is sad news for us all."
I use Gmail and barely see any spam myself. The spam filter is top notch (although occasionally it catches a few legitimate messages, too). I wish spammers would realize that 99.999997% of the messages they send aren't even seen by anyone,... but sadly, based on the law of averages, it's that 0.000003% of messages that are seen and responded to that make it worthwhile for them to send their crap.