Report: Spam Accounts for Most E-Mail Traffic

[dbarrow]

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/51055.html

Nearly every e-mail consumers receive -- some 86 percent -- is considered spam, either malicious or simply "unwanted content" today, a new study provided to TechNewsWorld demonstrates.

"Of the 25 billion messages we processed in May, an astounding 86 percent were malicious or spam," said Andrew Lochart, senior director of marketing for Postini, a messaging security firm based in San Carlos, Calif.

As if that wasn't enough of a headache for corporate IT departments, instant messaging spam soared by 500 percent last month, just as businesses are embracing the technology for customer communications, and increasing their own usage of IM by 138 percent. ...

[mylanta]

Just think, you could use any of the current antispam ware out there and get no email at all.Learn how to use the filters folks.

[PeteF]

OGM, I just had a horrible thought. I'm thinking that the main reason
we have so much spam to deal with is because of greed for money
and the fact that marketing via Email is FREE. Therefore, the only
real solution to this problem might come about when there is a fee
charged for each email sent. It's a horrible thought, but I bet it
comes to that someday. In fact, I believe that years from now,
most things we enjoy for FREE on the Internet today will become
pay services in the furure. Enjoy it while it lasts.

---pete---

[mylanta]

Pete,
You are right that is an awful thought, but let me add to it "from nothing you get nothing". So let's go forward and assume you are wrong.

[Dan18960]

OGM, I just had a horrible thought. I'm thinking that the main reason
we have so much spam to deal with is because of greed for money
and the fact that marketing via Email is FREE. Therefore, the only
real solution to this problem might come about when there is a fee
charged for each email sent. It's a horrible thought, but I bet it
comes to that someday. In fact, I believe that years from now,
most things we enjoy for FREE on the Internet today will become
pay services in the furure. Enjoy it while it lasts.

---pete---

Pete,

YOUR too late - I already had that thought AND a reasonable solution.

1000 free emails a MONTH for a "residentual" account and maybe 1,500 per employee business account. Each of these figures are low enough for handling and high enough for the "regular" user. Spam addicts send out quad-triple those amounts by the minute.

SOOOOO If they want to spam - no problem they will just have to pay or have their emails go into the internet dumpster where no one sees them.

[PeteF]

1000 free emails a MONTH for a "residentual" account and maybe 1,500 per employee business account. Each of these figures are low enough for handling and high enough for the "regular" user. Spam addicts send out quad-triple those amounts by the minute.


Sounds reasonable, since it would not cost anything extra to the
common user. However, it scares me that other people are already
thinking in these terms. It makes me think we are getting much closer
to a world of pay per usage Email. Not good. :frown: ---pete---

[mylanta]

Sounds reasonable, since it would not cost anything extra to the
common user. However, it scares me that other people are already
thinking in these terms. It makes me think we are getting much closer
to a world of pay per usage Email. Not good. :frown: ---pete---

Well such is life and I see it as I can choose to be depressed over the suspected outcome, or enjoy my freedom before the Republicans and the other right Wing "Bible bangers" try to take that away too. I choose the optimistic approach!!!!