Introduction To Antispam Practices
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Competitive Antispam products, proper legislation, efforts towards a better user education, it has all been tried in order to stop spam. However, unsolicited emails keep consuming the space and time of all email users. Moreover, spam messages can be the cause of serious virus and spyware outbreaks, while others “phish” for sensitive information like bank accounts and passwords.
According to a research conducted by Microsoft and published by the Radicati Group, the percentage held by spam in the total number of emails sent daily has been constantly growing since 2005. As a result, spam is expected to represent 77% of emails sent worldwide by 2009, amounting to almost 250 billion unsolicited emails delivered every day.