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A Welcome Shift: Spam Now Constitutes Less Than Half of All Email

An anonymous reader writes: According to Symantec's latest Intelligence Report, spam has fallen to less than 50% of all email in June – a number we haven't seen in over a decade. Of all emails received by Symantec clients in June, junk emails only accounts for 49.7% down from 52.1% in April which shows a huge drop. Year over year, spam has decreased as well due to internet providers doing a better job at filtering and shutting down spam bots.

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  1. Why are yo not drunk? by ichthus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Serionsly, it's Feiday night! Why are you reading this? It'd time o be drunk right now. If you are reading this article it means you are not having fun. you shold loosen up and have a drink. I know, this makes me sould like a fool , but comeone. You need to just get a lief and have some fun. I don't even know what this story is about. Here's some adviece. Don't RTFA. Just get some vodka, take a few (eg. 7) shots, and get aaway from your omputer. Its funny. it releaves stress.

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