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US No Longer Leading the World In Spam

darthcamaro writes "America is no longer the spam king. According to Cisco, US-originated spam dropped by over two trillion messages — American-based IP addresses sent about 6.2 trillion spam messages. The new world leader is Brazil at 7.7 trillion messages. 'I'm not completely surprised to see US falling to number two in the spam stats, but I didn't expect it to happen yet,' said Cisco Fellow Patrick Peterson. 'I was really gratified to see the actual spam volume decrease, not just ranking, but we [also] decreased the amount of spam that is pouring out of the United States.'" The drop in US spam might have had something to do with the temporary shutdown of the McColo spam ISP.

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  1. In related news: by el3mentary · · Score: 0, Offtopic
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    1. Re:In related news: by Dachannien · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Can I get free delivery right to my house?

  2. Offtopic- Are we getting more mod points? by Tynin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Recently I started getting 15 mod points every time they get allotted, whereas I used to only get 5. I've also noticed a lot more of the comments seem to be getting moderation, so I'm assuming 15 is the new norm. Just curious and wanted to confirm this. Thanks

  3. Re:Poopoo! by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Huh huh. You said number two . Heh heh.

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  4. US dollar by jonsmirl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does this make the US dollar spam? We print about five trillion a year.